Club leader cheers, elected with hat on (7)
I believe the answer is:
captain
'club leader' is the definition.
'captain' can be an answer for 'leader' (captain is a kind of leader). I'm not sure about the 'club' bit.
'cheers elected with hat on' is the wordplay.
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (both can mean thank you).
'elected' becomes 'in' (in government).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'hat' becomes 'cap' (cap is a type of hat).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'in' put after 'cap' is 'capin'.
'ta' going within 'capin' is 'CAPTAIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for captain that I've seen before include "Skip" , "Leader" , "Commander of a ship" , "US policeman" , "Skipper" .)