Flog half of Scotch eggs, saving the last (7)
I believe the answer is:
scourge
'flog' is the definition.
(scourging is a kind of flogging)
'half of scotch eggs saving the last' is the wordplay.
'half of scotch eggs' becomes 'scour' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letters of 'saving the' are 'ge'.
'scour'+'ge'='SCOURGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scourge that I've seen before include "menace" , "Whip used to inflict punishment" , "One causing great suffering; whip" , "Flog, punish" , "Whip - bane" .)