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Doughty-sounding old Labour leader (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hardie

'old labour leader' is the definition.
(Keir Hardie, founder of the Labour Party)

'doughty-sounding' is the wordplay.
'doughty' becomes 'hardy' (synonyms).
'sounding' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'hardy' is a homophone of 'HARDIE'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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