Narrow strip of land lacking enclosure for animal runs (7)
I believe the answer is:
insular
'narrow' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'strip of land lacking enclosure for animal runs' is the wordplay.
'strip of land' becomes 'peninsula' (I've seen this before).
'lacking' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'enclosure' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'animal runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'animal' bit.).
'peninsula' with 'pen' removed is 'insula'.
'insula'+'r'='INSULAR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for insular that I've seen before include "Aloof - like an island" , "Circumscribed" , "Parochial" , "Narrow-minded; isolated" , "Lacking contact with other people" .)