Slight wound as son runs into trap (7)
I believe the answer is:
scratch
'slight wound' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'son runs into trap' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'trap' becomes 'catch' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' inserted inside 'catch' is 'cratch'.
's'+'cratch'='SCRATCH'
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scratch that I've seen before include "Fail to start" , "not much of a handicap" , "Old Nick" , "Write hurriedly" , "Superficial damage; withdraw" .)