Run and scrap, covering defensive error by right back (7)
I believe the answer is:
jogtrot
'right back' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'run and scrap covering defensive error' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'jog' (jog is a kind of run).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'scrap covering defensive error' becomes 'trot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'jog'+'trot'='JOGTROT'
'by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jogtrot that I've seen before include "boring routine" , "exercise" .)