Former Palestinian leader; could make an artist wealthy (6)
I believe the answer is:
arafat
'former palestinian' is the definition.
'arafat' can be an answer for 'palestinian' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'former' bit.
'leader could make an artist wealthy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'leader' could be 'f' (I have seen 'German leader ' mean 'f' so perhaps 'leader' could also mean 'f') and 'f' is found in the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
'artist' could be 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts) and 'ra' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arafat that I've seen before include "Palestinian leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1994" , "Yasser -, former Palestinian leader" , "Former PLO leader" , "old statesman" , "Yassir -. former Palestinian leader" .)