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Does he go ahead with hesitation? (6)

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leader

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'does he' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'go ahead with hesitation?' is the wordplay.
'go ahead' becomes 'lead' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hesitation?' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'lead'+'er'='LEADER'

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(Other definitions for leader that I've seen before include "Main editorial in a newspaper" , "Principal player in an orchestra" , "The one in charge of others" , "Pioneer" , "One is ahead and shows the way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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