Rubbish obtained by going out unaccompanied? (7)
I believe the answer is:
baloney
'rubbish' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'going out unaccompanied?' is the wordplay.
'going' becomes 'by' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'unaccompanied?' becomes 'alone' ('alone' can be a synonym of 'unaccompanied').
'by' placed around 'alone' is 'BALONEY'.
'obtained by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for baloney that I've seen before include "Tripe < , smoked sausage" , "deceptive talk" , "foolish talk!" , "Cobblers" , "rhubarb" .)