Outstanding leader of Denmark uplifting continental bloc (3)
I believe the answer is:
due
'outstanding' is the definition.
(an outstanding debt is due)
'leader of denmark uplifting continental bloc' is the wordplay.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
'uplifting' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'continental bloc' becomes 'eu' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'denmark' is 'd'.
'eu' backwards is 'ue'.
'd'+'ue'='DUE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for due that I've seen before include "Owing, unpaid" , "Entitlement" , "Owed, or payable immediately" , "Payable; deserved" , "...more than one there [ROME]" .)