Leader of a team that makes the headlines (6)
I believe the answer is:
editor
'leader of a team that makes the headlines' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'leader of a team that makes the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for editor that I've seen before include "Person in charge of paper" , "Press chief" , "Director of newspaper" , "Magazine head" , "Do tie out the newspaper head" .)