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Foremost metal in front of gate (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leading

'foremost' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'metal in front of gate' is the wordplay.
'metal' becomes 'lead' (lead is a kind of metal).
'in front of gate' becomes 'ing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lead'+'ing'='LEADING'

(Other definitions for leading that I've seen before include "In pole position" , "Most important; ahead" , "Principal" , "Main" , "Aligned in front" .)

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