God left to skulk about (6)
I believe the answer is:
moloch
'god' is the definition.
(Moloch is an example)
'left to skulk about' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'to skulk' becomes 'mooch' (I've seen this before).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'l' going into 'mooch' is 'MOLOCH'.
(Other definitions for moloch that I've seen before include "Semitic god" , "Spiny lizard" , "Malevolent god" .)