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He has publicity consultant as boss (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headman

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

'he has publicity consultant as' is the wordplay.
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'publicity' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'consultant as' becomes 'man' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he'+'ad'+'man'='HEADMAN'

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(Other definitions for headman that I've seen before include "Boss" , "Chieftain" , "Village chief" , "Leader" .)

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