Play for today, outwardly? (3)
I believe the answer is:
toy
'play' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'for today outwardly?' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of').
'today outwardly?' becomes 'y' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to'+'y'='TOY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toy that I've seen before include "Trifle with plaything?" , "Miniature (dog)" , "A child's plaything" , "One of spelt out words" , "Trifle or dally with" .)