Real highlights of English Mikado’s lead in GS (4)
I believe the answer is:
gems
'real highlights' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'english mikado's lead in gs' is the wordplay.
'lead' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
The initial letters of 'english mikado' is 'em'.
'em' placed into 'gs' is 'GEMS'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gems that I've seen before include "Jewels" , "Valuable stones" , "Precious stones" .)