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Hard men lead American power in Egypt (5)

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I believe the answer is:

horus

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'power in egypt' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'hard men lead american' is the wordplay.
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'men' becomes 'OR' (military abbreviation for Other Ranks).
'lead' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'h'+'or'+'us'='HORUS'

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(Other definitions for horus that I've seen before include "Egyptian god of the sun" , "Egyptian hawk-headed god" , "Egyptian sun-god" , "Falcon-headed god of ancient Egypt" , "Deity" .)

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