Judges etc and boy leading an empire (7)
I believe the answer is:
ottoman
'empire' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'judges etc and boy leading an' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'boy' could be 'otto' and 'otto' is found in the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ottoman that I've seen before include "item of furniture" , "Long, low seat - Turkish" , "Am not to (anag)" , "A long cushioned seat for an old Turk?" , "Low, padded seat - Turkish empire" .)