Buried in loosely scattered religious teaching, what's known only unto Maker? (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
trade secret
'known only unto maker?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'buried in loosely scattered religious teaching' is the wordplay.
'buried in' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters get buried).
'loosely' indicates anagramming the letters (a looser version of the letters).
'religious teaching' becomes 're' (religious education).
'scattered' is an anagram of 'tradesect'.
'tradesect' placed around 're' is 'TRADE SECRET'.
'what's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trade secret that I've seen before include "Hidden commercial practice" , "Information a company holds on to" , "business confidence" , "professional knowledge" , "inside knowledge" .)