Maybe lied about drug, one featured in Beatles number (9)
I believe the answer is:
something
'maybe' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'lied about drug one featured in beatles number' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 'some' (synonyms) and 'some' is present in the answer.
'drug' could be 'h' (H is an example) and 'h' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'number' could be 'g' (G is an example) and 'g' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for something that I've seen before include "It's not nothing" , "Unspecified item" , "Special quality" , "unknown" .)