### Clue: Record septet made a mess of? Lot did it, disastrously (12)
### Answer: RETROSPECTED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Lot did it, disastrously
***(record septet)** 
*In Genesis, Lot's wife looked back at the city of Sodom, which she had been allowed to flee from with her husband, and was turned into a pillar of salt.