American leader (9)
I believe the answer is:
president
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">american leader</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for president that I've seen before include "2's official title" , "Grant perhaps" , "top job" , "Country's leader" , "Our head of state has a strange red instep" .)