Unsafe transport in the outskirts of Surrey (5)
I believe the answer is:
scary
'unsafe' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'transport in the outskirts of surrey' is the wordplay.
'transport' becomes 'car' (car is a method of transport).
'in the' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (only letters on the outskirts).
'surrey' with its middle taken out is 'sy'.
'car' going within 'sy' is 'SCARY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scary that I've seen before include "Alarming, maybe paranormal" , "[SPICE]" , "Fearsome" , "Frightening or spooky" , "spook" .)