Clue: Carroll's lead in a story (5)
Answer: ALICE
Explanation: Definition: Carroll's lead in a story
An envelope ('in') of C ('**C**arroll's lead') in A LIE ('a story'). An &lit clue – the entire clue can be read as wordplay or as definition; it is frowned upon if a word or part of a clue does double duty – serves two purposes – but it is difficult to come up with a full &lit, and one is thus generally admired.