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Honorary Tory leader implicated in kinky ritual (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

titular

'honorary' is the definition.
(honorary can mean in title only)

'tory leader implicated in kinky ritual' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'implicated in' indicates putting letters inside.
'kinky' is an anagram indicator.
The initial letter of 'tory' is 't'.
'ritual' anagrammed gives 'tiular'.
't' going inside 'tiular' is 'TITULAR'.

(Other definitions for titular that I've seen before include "Like certain churches" , "Honorary" , "Relating to title" , "such a bishop has given old name" , "See" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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