Appraise retro chopper from my collection (7)
I believe the answer is:
examine
'appraise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'retro chopper from my collection' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for examine that I've seen before include "Inspect, study" , "Question (a witness)" , "Investigate" , "Inspect, peruse closely" , "Inspect; question in court" .)