Say leader deposed from European state for self-indulgence? (8)
I believe the answer is:
egomania
'self-indulgence?' is the definition.
'say leader deposed from european state' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'leader deposed from' means to remove the first letter.
'european state' becomes 'romania'.
'romania' with its first letter removed is 'omania'.
'eg'+'omania'='EGOMANIA'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for egomania that I've seen before include "Feeling very self-conscious" , "Excessive self-centredness" , "having no thought for others" , "Obsessive self-regard" , "Abnormally excessive opinion of oneself, quite mad" .)