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Leader of little darlings working as farm labourers? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

land girls

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'farm labourers?' is the definition.
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'leader of little darlings working' is the wordplay.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
'working' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'little' is 'l'.
'darlings' anagrammed gives 'andgirls'.
'l'+'andgirls'='LAND GIRLS'

'as' is the link.

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