In front of a person in charge, perhaps? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ahead
'in front of' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a person in charge perhaps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'person' could be 'head' (head is a kind of person) and 'head' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "In the leading position" , "Forwards" , "Forward - in front" , "advanced" , "What's down the road" .)