Greet, Scottish style, in the outskirts of Coventry (3)
I believe the answer is:
cry
'greet' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'scottish style in the outskirts of coventry' is the wordplay.
'scottish style' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (letters on the edges or outskirts are used).
'coventry' with its middle removed is 'cy'.
'r' placed within 'cy' is 'CRY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cry that I've seen before include "Shed tears" , "Blubber" , "Don't . . . over spilt milk" , "produce tears" , "Call" .)