After pressure, a similar fate blighted leader of house (13)
I believe the answer is:
paterfamilias
'leader of house' is the definition.
'paterfamilias' can be an answer for 'leader' (paterfamilias is a kind of leader). I am not certain of the 'of house' bit.
'after pressure a similar fate blighted' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'after' is 'aterf' which is within the answer.
'pressure' could be 'p' (abbreviation) and 'p' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paterfamilias that I've seen before include "Father as head of the household" , "Classically, the head of the household" , "boss" , "Male head of a household" .)