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American soldier leading workers, huge folk (6)

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I believe the answer is:

giants

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'american soldier leading workers huge folk' is the definition.
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'american soldier leading workers' is the wordplay.
'american soldier' becomes 'gi' (informal term for a US soldier).
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go in front of others).
'workers' becomes 'ants' (worker ants).
'gi'+'ants'='GIANTS'

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(Other definitions for giants that I've seen before include "eg The inhabitants of Brobdingnag" , "they're big" , "Behemoths, titans" , "Large mythical beings" , "Behbmoths, titans" .)

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