Showed the way to get around Leatherhead (3)
I believe the answer is:
led
'showed the way' is the definition.
(lead can mean to show someone the way)
'get around leatherhead' is the wordplay.
'get' becomes 'collect' (both can mean to acquire).
'around' indicates the central letters.
'leatherhead' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The centre of 'collect' is 'l'.
'l'+'ed'='LED'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for led that I've seen before include "Went ahead" , "Conducted" , "Influenced" , "showed the way ahead" , "sort of light" .)