Cold homeless waif stops to see old war leader (9)
I believe the answer is:
churchill
'war leader' is the definition.
(Winston Churchill)
'cold homeless waif stops to see old' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cold' could be 'chill' (chill can mean cold) and 'chill' is found within the answer.
'see' could be 'c' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers) and 'c' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for churchill that I've seen before include "UK wartime leader" , "Old leader" , "13 [THIRD REICH] 's nemesis" , "Winston . . . . . . . . ., English PM war leader" , "Former statesman" .)