Kidnap victim, female wearing old clothes, turned up (7)
I believe the answer is:
shergar
'kidnap victim' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'female wearing old clothes turned up' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'her' (I've seen this before).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'old clothes' becomes 'rags' (I've seen this in another clue).
'turned up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'rags' written backwards gives 'sgar'.
'her' placed inside 'sgar' is 'SHERGAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shergar that I've seen before include "Racehorse" , "Abducted Derby winner" .)