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Get leader moved and demoted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relegated

'demoted' is the definition.
('relegate' can be a synonym of 'demote')

'get leader moved' is the wordplay.
'moved' indicates an anagram.
'get'+'leader'='getleader'
'getleader' anagrammed gives 'RELEGATED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for relegated that I've seen before include "sent down" , "banished" , "Demoted" , "not given precedence" , "Downgraded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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