Panic spread beginning in economy, a turbulent flight? (13)
I believe the answer is:
disappearance
'flight?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'panic spread beginning in economy a turbulent' is the wordplay.
'beginning in' suggests taking the first letters.
'turbulent' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'economy' is 'e'.
'panic'+'spread'+'e'+'a'='panicspreadea'
'panicspreadea' with letters rearranged gives 'DISAPPEARANCE'.
(Other definitions for disappearance that I've seen before include "fading" , "Act of becoming invisible" , "getaway" , "Exit (maybe into thin air)" , "Departure from view" .)