Possible Clues:

• Shoot leader to initiate attack
• Hurried to get a bird in the van
• Moved fast, having a bird in van
• Part of weapon, one in the van
• Lead that woman with a daughter to eat fruit
• Small answer elsewhere needs brains to come first?
• Leading position a peer’s had reallocated
• Lead the way
• Lead(er)
• Lead engineer shaped era