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Famous statesman badly led by the clergy (9)

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I believe the answer is:

churchill

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'famous statesman' is the definition.
'churchill' can be an answer for 'statesman' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'famous' bit.

'badly led by the clergy' is the wordplay.
'badly' becomes 'ill' ('ill' can be adverbial as in 'ill-advised').
'led by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the clergy' becomes 'church' ('church' can be a synonym of 'clergy').
'ill' put after 'church' is 'CHURCHILL'.

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(Other definitions for churchill that I've seen before include "He offered the British people "nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat"" , "PM and Nobel prize winner" , "Winston . . . . . . . . ., English PM war leader" , "13 [THIRD REICH] 's nemesis" , "Former statesman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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