Car maker left out of TLS book reviews? (6)
I believe the answer is:
audits
'book reviews?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'car maker left out of tls' is the wordplay.
'car maker' becomes 'audi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'out of' indicates named letters should be taken away ('out of' can mean no longer having).
'tls' with 'l' removed is 'ts'.
'audi'+'ts'='AUDITS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for audits that I've seen before include "Examination of accounts" , "Balancing checks" , "Checks accounts for accuracy, perhaps annually" , "examinations" , "Inspections by accountants" .)