Wrongly accused lead initially of being a dead end (8)
I believe the answer is:
culdesac
'being a dead end' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'wrongly accused lead initially' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'lead' is 'l'.
'accused'+'l'='accusedl'
'accusedl' with letters rearranged gives 'CULDESAC'.
'of' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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