It's obviously priced when acquiring article - but it's safe (3,5,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
the coast is clear
'safe' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'it's obviously priced when acquiring article but it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'it's' could be 'tis' (I've seen this before) and 'tis' is located in the answer.
'when' could be 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked') and 'as' is located in the answer.
'article' could be 'the' (the definite article) and 'the' is present in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for the coast is clear that I've seen is " no one's about".)