Surpass alfresco student group? (8)
I believe the answer is:
outclass
'surpass' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'alfresco student group?' is the wordplay.
'alfresco' becomes 'out' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'student group?' becomes 'class' (I've seen this in another clue).
'out'+'class'='OUTCLASS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outclass that I've seen before include "Surpass greatly, be in a superior category" , "Do much better than" , "Be a cut above" , "put in the shade" , "Be superior to (another)" .)