Note saints following, for example, the way out (6)
I believe the answer is:
egress
'the way out' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'note saints following for example' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 're' (**).
'saints' becomes 'ss'.
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'for example' becomes 'eg' ('e.g.' can be a synonym of 'for example').
're'+'ss'='ress'
'ress' put after 'eg' is 'EGRESS'.
(Other definitions for egress that I've seen before include "Way to escape" , "Way to go out" , "Emergence, coming out" , "The act of leaving a building" , "Way out of serges" .)