### Clue: In a state of elation, strutting leader fronting a band (4-1-4)
### Answer: COCK-A-HOOP 
 ### Explanation: Definition: In a state of elation
 COCK(from the fowl, a strutting leader/chief, as in the observation "He who walks around with his hands in his pockets is feeling cocky") + A + HOOP(a band in the shape of a ring).