Pares back - not as much as 1A resident? (9)
I believe the answer is:
sleepless
'much as 1a resident?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'pares back not' is the wordplay.
'pares' becomes 'peels' ('peel' can be a synonym of 'pare').
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'not' becomes 'less' (I've seen this in other clues).
'peels' backwards is 'sleep'.
'sleep'+'less'='SLEEPLESS'
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sleepless that I've seen before include "Suffering from insomnia, not in the land of Nod" , "Film: '-- in Seattle'" , "Insomniac" .)