Sentimentality of team’s leader with small head (8)
I believe the answer is:
tweeness
'sentimentality' is the definition.
(twee can mean sentimental or quaint)
'team's leader with small head' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 'wee' (Scottish term for small).
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
The first letter of 'teams' is 't'.
't'+'wee'+'ness'='TWEENESS'
'of' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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