Shocked a leader in Guardian has to appear before leader in Times (6)
I believe the answer is:
aghast
'shocked' is the definition.
(I know that shocked can be written as aghast)
'a leader in guardian has to appear before leader in times' is the wordplay.
'a leader in' suggests taking the first letters.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'appear' becomes 'a' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leader in' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'guardian' is 'g'.
The initial letter of 'times' is 't'.
'g'+'has'='ghas'
'ghas' after 'a' is 'aghas'.
'aghas'+'t'='AGHAST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aghast that I've seen before include "Amazed" , "Filled with terror" , "'Horrified, shocked (6)'" , "Taken aback with horror" , "struck with fear" .)