European leader back from Asia? (7)
I believe the answer is:
eastern
'from asia?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'european leader back' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'back' could be 'astern' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'astern' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "Nearest (anag) - oriental" , "From Japan, say" , "Maybe Chinese" , "China?" , "in Beijing, possibly" .)