Animal traps right in front (6)
I believe the answer is:
breast
'front' is the definition.
('breast' can be a synonym of 'front')
'animal traps right' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'animal' could be 'beast' ('beast' can be a synonym of 'animal') and 'beast' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for breast that I've seen before include "Upper front part of the human torso" , "White chicken meat" , "Reach the top of (a hill)" , "bust" , "Chicken portion" .)