Indian leader employing some dour henchmen from the south (5)
I believe the answer is:
nehru
'indian leader' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'some dour henchmen from the south' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'from the south' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'urhen' can be found hidden inside 'dour henchmen'.
'urhen' written backwards gives 'NEHRU'.
'employing' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for nehru that I've seen before include "was India's leader" , "Student of Gandhi" , "India's first PM, d.1964" , "India's first prime minister" , "First Indian prime minister, 1947-64" .)