Without leader, more silly people lead the way (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
after you
'without leader more silly people lead' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'way' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for after you that I've seen before include "Yielding statement" , "I'll follow" .)