Cycle from outskirts of Ballyclare, about one kilometre (4)
I believe the answer is:
bike
'cycle' is the definition.
(I know that cycle can be written as bike)
'outskirts of ballyclare about one kilometre' is the wordplay.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one kilometre' becomes 'ik' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ballyclare' with its middle taken out is 'be'.
'be' going around 'ik' is 'BIKE'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bike that I've seen before include "Two-wheeler (abbr)" , "vehicle" , "Bicycle (colloq.)" , "Cycle (colloq.)" , "Take a ride" .)