Apart from the team that's finished batting (7)
I believe the answer is:
outside
'apart from' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'team that's finished batting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'team' could be 'side' (both can mean a sports team) and 'side' is present in the answer.
'finished' could be 'out' ('I'm out' means 'I'm finished') and 'out' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outside that I've seen before include "Without" , "having emerged from the tunnel?" , "Alfresco" , "Not indoors" , "External surface" .)