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In error a young man became Muslim warrior (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saladin

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

'in error a young man' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'error' becomes 'sin' (a sin is a moral error).
'young man' becomes 'lad' (lad can mean a boy or young man).
'a'+'lad'='alad'
'sin' enclosing 'alad' is 'SALADIN'.

'became' is the link.

(Other definitions for saladin that I've seen before include "Richard's opponent" , "Richard the Lionheart's Crusade opponent" , "Old sultan" , "Enemy of Richard I in the Crusades" , "Richard's enemy" .)

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