Digs around inside without companion lying parallel? (9)
I believe the answer is:
alongside
'digs around inside without companion lying parallel?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'digs around inside without companion' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'without companion' becomes 'alone' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'digs' is an anagram of 'gsid'.
'gsid' put into 'alone' is 'ALONGSIDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alongside that I've seen before include "Juxtaposed" , "Bordering" , "Parallel to" , "close to a bank" , "Adjacent to" .)