Wacky Races without a leader (6)
I believe the answer is:
caesar
'leader' is the definition.
(Caesar is an example)
'wacky races without a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
an anagram of 'races' is 'cesar' which is located in the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caesar that I've seen before include "Old Roman emperor like Julius" , "Old Roman leader" , "Title of the Roman emperors" , "A scare for Roman emperor" , "extraction operation" .)