Meet clan leader at side of road (8)
I believe the answer is:
converge
'meet' is the definition.
(converging is a kind of meeting)
'clan leader at side of road' is the wordplay.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'at' becomes 'on' (location).
'side of road' becomes 'verge' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'clan' is 'c'.
'c'+'on'+'verge'='CONVERGE'
(Other definitions for converge that I've seen before include "Tend to meet at a point" , "Tend towards a common point" , "Move towards meeting" , "Move towards or meet at a point" , "tend to get together" .)