Would he be the new leader? (3)
I believe the answer is:
ben
'would he' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'be the new leader?' is the wordplay.
'leader?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'leaders' mean this).
The first letter of 'new' is 'n'.
'be'+'n'='BEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ben that I've seen before include "A Big London clock tower" , "Second part of 11" , "Scottish 11" , "High mountain in Scotland" , "Mountain peak (Scot.)" .)