What it means when the person appealed to refuses to lift a finger (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
not out
'the person appealed to refuses to lift a finger' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'what it means' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
'means' could be 'out' (I have seen 'Means of escape' mean 'out' so perhaps 'means' could also mean 'out') and 'out' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'no' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'when' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for not out that I've seen before include "Decision in batsman's favour" , "Refusal of an appeal?" , "Decision favourable to batsman" .)