Being more remote from the truth? (8)
I believe the answer is:
outlying
'being more' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'remote from the truth?' is the wordplay.
'remote' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the truth?' becomes 'lying' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out'+'lying'='OUTLYING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outlying that I've seen before include "Away from the middle" , "Remote from the centre" , "On the exterior" , "remote area" .)