Possible Clues:

• If pedant is confused about hard recipe initially, he seeks way to proceed
• Trailblazer is one making one's own way in the world
• Trail lost friend in the scouts
• Pioneer way to get friend mobile
• Pioneer father secures source of hieroglyphic discovery
• One will come up with a way, of course, to join friend all over the place
• Pioneer
• Pioneer — fine art PhD (anag)
• Scout in wild fen hid trap