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Confusion as would-be creative influencer got men to lead (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bemusement

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'confusion' is the definition.
(I know that bemusement is a type of confusion)

'got men to lead' is the wordplay.
'got' becomes 'bemuse' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lead' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'to' is 't'.
'bemuse'+'men'+'t'='BEMUSEMENT'

'as would-be creative influencer' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for bemusement that I've seen before include "stupefaction" , "state of perplexity" , "Confusion, bewilderment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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