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A vegetarian wouldn't take it from a Labour leader (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offal

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'a vegetarian wouldn't take it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'from a labour leader' is the wordplay.
'from' becomes 'off' (I've seen this in other clues).
'labour leader' becomes 'l' (the leading letter of 'labour').
'off'+'a'+'l'='OFFAL'

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(Other definitions for offal that I've seen before include "Heart, liver, kidney etc" , "Liver, lights, etc" , "Less edible parts of animal, entrails and organs" , "Animal entrails and internal organs - worthless" , "Edible internal parts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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