Nominally, he led Nora astray (7)
I believe the answer is:
leonard
'nominally he' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'led nora astray' is the wordplay.
'astray' indicates an anagram.
'led'+'nora'='lednora'
'lednora' anagrammed gives 'LEONARD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leonard that I've seen before include "-- Cohen, singer" , "-- Bernstein, US conductor" , "man" , "Fellow" , "Elmore ___ , US thriller writer, d. 2013" .)