Loosely scattered timber abandoned in all directions (6)
I believe the answer is:
strewn
'loosely scattered timber abandoned in all directions' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'abandoned in all directions' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' becomes 'tr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'all directions' becomes 'sewn' (compass directions).
'tr' put within 'sewn' is 'STREWN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strewn that I've seen before include "Spread everywhere" , "Distributed" , "Scattered loosely" , "levelled in lines" , "Scattered over an area" .)