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Turned
and
ran
away,
clutching
Zippo
but
dropping
case
(7)
Turned and ran away, clutching Zippo but dropping case (7)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so Turned is your definition — think flipped over. Now for the wordplay: FLED means "ran away", and it's clutching a chunk of ZIPPO — but you drop the outer letters, the "case" of the word, leaving just IPP in the middle. Slot IPP inside FLED and you get FL-IPP-ED.