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Catwalk is home to a fugitive (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

runaway

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'fugitive' is the definition.
(I know that fugitive can be written as runaway)

'catwalk is home to a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'runway' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for runaway that I've seen before include "One who flies" , "Del Shannon hit" , "Fugitive" , "refugee?" , "One who has taken flight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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