Wartime leader found bent nail on street (6)
I believe the answer is:
stalin
'wartime leader' is the definition.
'Stalin' can be an answer for 'leader' (Stalin is an example). I'm not certain of the 'wartime' bit.
'bent nail on street' is the wordplay.
'bent' is an anagram indicator.
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'nail' anagrammed gives 'alin'.
'alin' going around 'st' is 'STALIN'.
'found' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stalin that I've seen before include "Soviet dictator, d. 1953" , "Tyrannical dictator among Latins" , "Russian WW two leader" , "Russian WW2 dictator" , "Lenin's successor" .)