Wayward chip carries through (7)
I believe the answer is:
deviant
'wayward' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'chip carries through' is the wordplay.
'chip' becomes 'dent' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'carries' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters carried inside).
'through' becomes 'via' (via means going through).
'dent' going around 'via' is 'DEVIANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deviant that I've seen before include "Nonconformist" , "wayward" , "Diverging from the norm or from truth" , "Irregular" , "Diverging from acceptable behaviour" .)