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Marshalled outside Leningrad? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

led

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'marshalled outside leningrad?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'marshalled outside leningrad?' is the wordplay.
'LED' is hidden in amongst the letters.
However, I am uncertain how the hidden word is indicated.

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(Other definitions for led that I've seen before include "Emitter of light" , "Took by the hand and showed the way" , "Influenced" , "Went ahead" , "Went at the head of others" .)

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