Absurdly cried out "Five nil" by way of a split (7)
I believe the answer is:
divorce
'way of a split' is the definition.
'divorce' can be an answer for 'split' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'way of a' bit.
'absurdly cried out five nil' is the wordplay.
'absurdly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'nil' becomes 'o'.
'cried' anagrammed gives 'dirce'.
'v'+'o'='vo'
'dirce' going around 'vo' is 'DIVORCE'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for divorce that I've seen before include "Part" , "Ending of marriage" , "Break-up" , "Permanent separation" , "Get separated" .)