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Leader of gangsters about -- at large (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

great

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

'leader of gangsters about at' is the wordplay.
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
The initial letter of 'gangsters' is 'g'.
'g'+'re'+'at'='GREAT'

(Other definitions for great that I've seen before include "cracking" , "and 12 Down: Powerful dog" , "Grand" , "Very large in size, quantity, etc." , "Of major significance - very good" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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