Buried in loosely scattered religious teaching, what's known only unto Maker? (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
trade secret
'known only unto maker?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'buried in loosely scattered religious teaching' is the wordplay.
'buried in' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters get buried).
'loosely' is an anagram indicator (a looser version of the letters).
'religious teaching' becomes 're' (religious education).
'scattered' with letters rearranged gives 'tradesect'.
'tradesect' placed around 're' is 'TRADE SECRET'.
'what's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trade secret that I've seen before include "Hidden commercial practice" , "Information a company holds on to" , "business confidence" , "professional knowledge" , "inside knowledge" .)