Minute Cryptic

Our definition here is 'that’s basic', and our answer will be a word that means basic.

This clue's indicators are 'has straightened curls', 'centre', and 'parting for'. Let's talk about 'has straightened curls' - a new kind of indicator for us (a homoglyph), suggesting we'll be playing with shapes and the look of letters. We'll need to take the curly shape/s in some neighbouring fodder and straighten them into different letter/s. 'parting for' is a swapping indicator: something leaves fodder and its place is taken by something else. And 'centre' is an old familiar selection indicator pointing to the letter at the centre of some fodder.

This clue's fodder is 'Vanessa', and 'me'. We'll use the letters of 'Vanessa' (some of them transformed) and a short synonym for 'me' to reach our answer, as guided by the clue's indicators.