The obvious place for a leader (5)
I believe the answer is:
ahead
'the obvious place for' is the definition.
'ahead' can be an answer for 'for' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'the obvious place' bit.
'a leader' is the wordplay.
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'a'+'head'='AHEAD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "Winning" , "Forwards" , "In the future" , "In the lead, in advance" , "in van" .)