CSS: Selecting table's <td> without the <td>s of nested tables
So you have this?
<table id="outer">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="anotherTable">
...
</table>
<td>
<tr>
</tbody>
</table>
And you want to only select td's in the root table.
#outer>tbody>tr>td
Just like you entered in your question (direct child selectors).
Easiest way is to add an id or class to that outermost table, an then use that in your selector:
table#id > tbody > tr > td