Boat almost left with awkward load (7)
I believe the answer is:
gondola
'boat' is the definition.
(I know that gondola is a type of boat)
'almost left with awkward load' is the wordplay.
'almost left' becomes 'gon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'awkward' is an anagram indicator.
'load' anagrammed gives 'dola'.
'gon'+'dola'='GONDOLA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gondola that I've seen before include "Traditional rowboat of Venice" , "It's traditionally used on the canals of Venice" , "Venice craft" , "Boats on the canals of Venice" , "Venetian transport" .)