Captained (9)
(Other definitions for skippered that I've seen before include "Had leading role" , "as whole team needs to be?" , "Led" , "acted as captain" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">captained</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for led that I've seen before include "associated with Zeppelin" , "Went ahead" , "had the edge" , "was in the van" , "Took by the hand and showed the way" .)