Where there are no trees, having abandoned home — good being out of the woods! (2,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
in the clear
'out of the woods' is the definition.
'where there are no trees having abandoned home good being' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'are' is 'ear' which is located in the answer.
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'home' could be 'h' (abbreviation as used in sports fixtures) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'being' could be 'tec' (tec is a kind of being) and 'tec' is found in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in the clear that I've seen before include "got off Scot-free!" , "suspect? Not any more" , "No longer in danger or suspected of something" , "out of a difficulty" , "out of the wood" .)