Main cyclist group, confused, almost elope, not returning (7)
I believe the answer is:
peloton
'main cyclist group' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'confused almost elope not returning' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'almost' means to remove the first letter.
'returning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'not' back-to-front is 'ton'.
'elope' with its first letter taken away is 'lope'.
'lope' is an anagram of 'pelo'.
'pelo'+'ton'='PELOTON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peloton that I've seen before include "Racing cyclists" , "Main pack of cyclists in a race" , "Main body of riders in a cycle race" , "bunch of riders" , "Main packed group in a cycle race" .)