The sound outer parts of a banana (3)
I believe the answer is:
baa
'the sound' is the definition.
(baa is a kind of sound)
'outer parts of a banana' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ba' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for baa that I've seen before include "How one of the fold may sound" , "Sheep's bleat" , "Sound of sheep" , "Sound of a lamb" , "not quite consistent set of good A-level results?" .)