Clipping leg stump? Initially overturned stroke (7)
I believe the answer is:
snippet
'clipping leg' is the definition.
'snippet' can be an answer for 'clipping' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'leg' bit.
'stump? initially overturned stroke' is the wordplay.
'stump? initially' becomes 'pins' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'overturned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'stroke' becomes 'pet' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pins' backwards is 'snip'.
'snip'+'pet'='SNIPPET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snippet that I've seen before include "Small scrap" , "Small extract" , "Fair --, knitwear style" , "excerpt of literature?" , "little bit" .)