Issues of leader brought down in mutiny (8)
I believe the answer is:
editions
'issues' is the definition.
(I know this)
'of leader brought down in mutiny' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'down' could be 'd' and 'd' is present in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'its' 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 editions that I've seen before include "issues for the press" , "Copies of book about sedition" , "Repros" , "Numbers" , "Book published at different times" .)