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He parades around front line (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spearhead

'front line' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'he parades around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'he'+'parades'='heparades'
'heparades' with letters rearranged gives 'SPEARHEAD'.

(Other definitions for spearhead that I've seen before include "front" , "come first" , "Advanced troops" , "initiate attack" , "Part of weapon possibly iron" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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