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Leader in power, citizen (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

president

'leader' is the definition.
(I know that President is a type of politico)

'power citizen' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'p'.
'citizen' becomes 'resident' (I've seen this before).
'p'+'resident'='PRESIDENT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for president that I've seen before include "Country's leader" , "The elected head of a republic" , "Leader of a republic" , "Head of a republic - or a club" , "American leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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