Points to headland - daughter fled (7)
I believe the answer is:
escaped
'fled' is the definition.
(escaping is a kind of fleeing)
'points to headland daughter' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'Es' (two compass points).
'to headland' becomes 'cape' (I've seen this in another clue).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'es'+'cape'+'d'='ESCAPED'
(Other definitions for escaped that I've seen before include "Broke free, got away" , "Fled from captivity" , "Got away, broke loose" , "Ran away from confinement" , "Got away from captors" .)