Leaves easy winning position (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
hands-down
'leaves' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hands-down that I've seen before include "Leaves - effortlessly" , "Win thus, easily and completely" , "Of victory, won easily in manual manner?" , "Win thus manually for an outright victory" , "Win thus manually for clear victory" .)