Newbie in young Scout group (4)
I believe the answer is:
club
'scout group' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'newbie in young' is the wordplay.
'newbie' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'young' becomes 'cub' (cub is a kind of young).
'l' placed into 'cub' is 'CLUB'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for club that I've seen before include "Golf requisite" , "Dance venue" , "Weapon; playing card" , "Bat - society" , "Good meeting-place" .)