Figure the dope cut and ran (5)
I believe the answer is:
loped
'ran' is the definition.
(loping is a kind of running)
'figure the dope cut' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'l' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cut' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dope' anagrammed gives 'oped'.
'l'+'oped'='LOPED'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for loped that I've seen before include "Ran easily" , "Walked with a long bounding stride" , "Ran with long strides" , "Walked with long strides" , "Made strides" .)