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Feeling at home with leader away recruiting (6,2)

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I believe the answer is:

roping in

'recruiting' is the definition.
(roping someone in to something)

'feeling at home with leader away' is the wordplay.
'feeling' becomes 'groping' (to grope is to feel or touch).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'with leader away' means to remove the first letter.
'groping'+'in'='gropingin'
'gropingin' with its initial letter removed is 'ROPING IN'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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