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Distressed
maid
in
pantry
retreating
from
flying
insect
(3,7)
Distressed maid in pantry retreating from flying insect (3,7)
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How the clue works
The flying insect here is a butterfly. Take "pantry" as LARDER and reverse it ("retreating") to give REDRAL, then anagram ("distressed") "maid" into ADMI and tuck it inside ("in") that reversed word to make RED-ADMI-RAL.