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LED manufactured by EE getting smashed with hard spade (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spearheaded

'led' is the definition.
(spearheading is a kind of leading)

'ee getting smashed with hard spade' is the wordplay.
'getting smashed with' is an anagram indicator.
'hard'+'spade'='hardspade'
'ee' with its letters anagrammed with 'hardspade' makes 'SPEARHEADED'.

'manufactured by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spearheaded that I've seen before include "Pioneered" , "Led" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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