Hi Chrisg. I feel you are a bit brusque with Kitty Kat,who is new to cryptic puzzles.
The cryptic part is as follows:
is = IS
former= OLD
leader of Egypt=E
Hope this is helpful to you Kitty Kat.
TJ
Thanks very much for your help. I get it, I think tee hee. Still working on it only have 30 clues to go!!! Haaa haaa no I'm joking, only 4 left, I'm on a roll. xx