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Man takes lead in play (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daniel

'man' is the definition.

'lead in play' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates an anagram.
'lead'+'in'='leadin'
'leadin' is an anagram of 'DANIEL'.

'takes' is the link.

(Other definitions for daniel that I've seen before include "-- Deronda (Eliot)" , "A wise Biblical judge" , "-- Boone, US frontiersman and folk hero" , "-- Defoe; -- Barenboim" , "- Defoe, English writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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