Bears later mauled little piggies outside (9)
I believe the answer is:
tolerates
'bears' is the definition.
(I know this)
'later mauled little piggies outside' is the wordplay.
'mauled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'little piggies' becomes 'toes' ('this little piggy' nursery rhyme).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'later' with letters rearranged gives 'lerat'.
'lerat' inserted inside 'toes' is 'TOLERATES'.
(Other definitions for tolerates that I've seen before include "Bears" , "Accepts" .)