Old spook in Utah getting leg-over (5)
I believe the answer is:
putin
'old spook' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'utah getting leg-over' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'utah' could be 'ut' (abbreviation) and 'ut' is found in the answer.
'leg' could be 'pin' (pin is a kind of leg) and 'pin' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for putin that I've seen before include "powerful leader" , "Russian leader" , "Russian president" , "Introduce" .)