Gifted team leader and a fast proofreader (8)
I believe the answer is:
talented
'gifted' is the definition.
(I know that gifted can be written as talented)
'team leader and a fast proofreader' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talented that I've seen before include "Endowed with gifts" , "Able" , "Brilliant" , "Having natural or special ability" , "Skilful" .)