The man's on dope leading to habit (7)
I believe the answer is:
clothes
'habit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the man's on dope leading' is the wordplay.
'the man' becomes 'hes' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'dope leading' becomes 'clot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hes' put after 'clot' is 'CLOTHES'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clothes that I've seen before include "Garments" , "Gear" , "Attire" , "dresses" , "Raiment" .)