Leaderless gang was in charge on a corner (6)
I believe the answer is:
angled
'leaderless gang was in charge on a corner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'leaderless gang was in charge on' is the wordplay.
'leaderless' means to remove the first letter.
'was in charge' becomes 'led' (lead can mean to run or be in charge of).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'gang' with its initial letter removed is 'ang'.
'ang'+'led'='ANGLED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for angled that I've seen before include "Crooked; biased" , "Cornered" , "Fished with rod and line" , "Fished with hook and bait" , "Slanted" .)