Leader of the gang to get cheap stuff for Spooner (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
top cat
'leader of the gang to get cheap stuff' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'for spooner' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for top cat that I've seen is " CAT".)