Clear from the race I had taken part in (7)
I believe the answer is:
evident
'clear' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'race i had taken part in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'i' is within the answer.
'had' could be 'd' (in contractions e.g. 'I'd', 'you'd' etc) and 'd' is found in the answer.
'race' could be 'event' (I've seen this before) and 'event' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evident that I've seen before include "Patent" , "Visible - plain" , "Readily apparent" , "Noticeable" , "Quite obvious, manifest" .)