Driven leader avoids fools (7)
I believe the answer is:
deludes
'fools' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'driven leader avoids' is the wordplay.
'driven leader' becomes 'd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'avoids' becomes 'eludes' (eluding is a kind of avoiding).
'd'+'eludes'='DELUDES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deludes that I've seen before include "Deceives (as to truth)" , "Tricks" , "Fools" , "dupes" .)