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English team leader on the way out (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exit

'way out' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'english team leader on the' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'team' becomes 'XI' (a football team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'leader on' says to take the initial letters (the letter which leads the word).
The initial letter of 'the' is 't'.
'e'+'xi'+'t'='EXIT'

(Other definitions for exit that I've seen before include "Way to leave" , "Act of going out" , "Move out" , "Outlet" , "Road leaving motorway" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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