Write “Trapped right in the awful claws” (6)
I believe the answer is:
scrawl
'write' is the definition.
(scrawling is a kind of writing)
'trapped right in the awful claws' is the wordplay.
'trapped right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'trapped' bit.**).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'claws' is an anagram of 'scawl'.
'r' inserted inside 'scawl' is 'SCRAWL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scrawl that I've seen before include "Scribbled writing" , "Write illegibly" , "Hasty writing" , "Quickly pen" , "Write clumsily, hardly legible" .)