Better money required to secure a team leader (7)
I believe the answer is:
captain
'team leader' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'better money required to secure a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'better' could be 'cap' (I've seen this before) and 'cap' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'money' could be 'tin' (I've seen this before) and 'tin' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for captain that I've seen before include "Is Pat Cain in charge of the ship?" , "Leader" , "soldier" , "Skipper" , "Head of a ship's crew" .)