Be smarter than fellow with dated, neat clothing (6)
I believe the answer is:
outfox
'be smarter than' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'fellow with dated neat clothing' is the wordplay.
'fellow with' becomes 'f' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dated' becomes 'out'.
'neat' becomes 'ox' (I've seen this in other clues).
'clothing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'out'+'ox'='outox'
'f' placed within 'outox' is 'OUTFOX'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outfox that I've seen before include "Cunningly get the better of" , "Get the better of by cunning" , "Be too clever for, in vulpine mode" , "Be too clever for in vulpine way" , "Be too tricky for" .)