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Heavy metal fan to leave gathering on bike at front (5)

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I believe the answer is:

grebo

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'heavy metal fan' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'leave gathering on bike at front' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'gre' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gathering' is an anagram indicator (letters gathered in a new way).
'at front' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'on bike' is 'ob'.
'ob' with letters rearranged gives 'bo'.
'gre'+'bo'='GREBO'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for grebo that I've seen before include "Long-haired youth" , "Heavy metal fan" , "devotee of heavy metal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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