Distant cloth over a jumble (7)
I believe the answer is:
farrago
'a jumble' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'distant cloth over' is the wordplay.
'distant' becomes 'far' (synonyms).
'cloth' becomes 'rag' (rag is a kind of cloth).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'far'+'rag'+'o'='FARRAGO'
(Other definitions for farrago that I've seen before include "A motley hotchpotch of things" , "mix-up" , "Hash" , "Disordered mixture" , "Confusion" .)