Woody ways into a well-defended place (6)
I believe the answer is:
forest
'woody' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'well-defended place' is the wordplay.
'well-defended' becomes 'fo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'place' becomes 'rest' (resting is a kind of placing).
'fo'+'rest'='FOREST'
'ways into a' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forest that I've seen before include "Large area of woodland" , "Dense woodland" , "Tree-covered area" , "New, Epping or Sherwood" , "Land covered with trees" .)