Fawns oddly lost south of wooded area (7)
I believe the answer is:
grovels
'fawns' is the definition.
('grovel' can be a synonym of 'fawn')
'oddly lost south of wooded area' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'south of' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go under others).
'wooded area' becomes 'grove' (I've seen this in another clue).
The alternate letters of 'lost' are 'ls'.
'ls' after 'grove' is 'GROVELS'.
(Other definitions for grovels that I've seen before include "Abases oneself" , "'Creeps, fawns (7)'" .)