Stick an article out of the way (3)
I believe the answer is:
rod
'the way' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'stick an article out of' is the wordplay.
'stick an article' becomes 'rd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'rd' enclosing 'o' is 'ROD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rod that I've seen before include "A few yards" , "axle" , "Former measure equal to a quarter of a chain" , "Imperial measure" , "Flexible stick for 11 Down" .)