Possible Clues:

• The turn of the tide, round the den up there in the paper
• Tore 'Iliad' to shreds in article
• Slanted column
• In paper this turns to the den round the ebb and flow
• Article giving newspaper's opinion
• Leader may turn out to be real idiot
• Not the sort of leader that would 12 across
• Article written in English and spoken in French, one used in test
• Real idiot masquerading as leader
• Change college's announced leader