News put out before being cleared (7)
I believe the answer is:
unswept
'being cleared' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'news put out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'news'+'put'='newsput'
'newsput' with letters rearranged gives 'UNSWEPT'.
'before' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unswept that I've seen before include "in need of cleaning" , "dirty?" , "Not cleaned" .)