Leader's spoken about current, after current seen rising (9)
I believe the answer is:
editorial
'leader's' is the definition.
(type of newspaper article)
'about current after current seen rising' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'current' becomes 'tide' (sea currents).
'after current seen rising' becomes 'orial' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tide' reversed gives 'edit'.
'edit'+'orial'='EDITORIAL'
'spoken' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for editorial that I've seen before include "Statement of a newspaper's opinion" , "Article expressing the views of the publication" , "Article written" , "Newspaper item" , "leader, perhaps" .)