Wandered without me in the way (4)
I believe the answer is:
road
'the way' is the definition.
(road is a kind of way)
'wandered without me' is the wordplay.
'wandered' becomes 'roamed' ('roam' can be a synonym of 'wander').
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'roamed' with 'me' taken out is 'ROAD'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for road that I've seen before include "mine gallery" , "Abbey -, Beatles album" , "Route travelled by sea" , "Mine passage; way" , "public highway" .)