Commonsense outwardly made worth it, perhaps (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
mother wit
'commonsense outwardly made worth it perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'outwardly made worth it perhaps' is the wordplay.
'outwardly' suggests removing the centre (only the outermost letters are used).
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'made' with its centre removed is 'me'.
'me'+'worth'+'it'='meworthit'
'meworthit' with letters rearranged gives 'MOTHER-WIT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mother wit that I've seen before include "Natural intelligence" , "Native intelligence" , "common sense" .)