Turn the old runabout into something to amuse the kids (4)
I believe the answer is:
ludo
'runabout into something to amuse the kids' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'turn the old' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'turn' could be 'u' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn) and 'u' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'old' is 'ldo' which is present in the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ludo that I've seen before include "Game (meaning 'I play' in Latin)" , "Type of board game" , "Loud sort of board game with dice and counters" , "Children's board game" , "Race game" .)