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Leader wasting euros, PM (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supremo

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

'wasting euros pm' is the wordplay.
'wasting' indicates an anagram (waste can mean to destroy).
'euros'+'pm'='eurospm'
'eurospm' is an anagram of 'SUPREMO'.

(Other definitions for supremo that I've seen before include "Big cheese, head honcho" , "Person in overall charge, top banana" , "Person in overall charge, big boss" , "Overall head" , "Person in overall authority" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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