Recoil from report about distraught Romeo (9)
I believe the answer is:
boomerang
'recoil from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'report about distraught romeo' is the wordplay.
'report' becomes 'bang' (I've seen this before**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'distraught' indicates anagramming the letters.
'romeo' anagrammed gives 'oomer'.
'bang' enclosing 'oomer' is 'BOOMERANG'.
(Other definitions for boomerang that I've seen before include "Aboriginal throwing stick" , "Primitive weapon" , ""It keeps coming back"" , "Aboriginal weapon" , "Aboriginal projectile" .)