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Next in line for gold on back of victory (9)

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I believe the answer is:

successor

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'next in line' is the definition.
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'gold on back of victory' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'back of victory' becomes 'success' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'or' put after 'success' is 'SUCCESSOR'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for successor that I've seen before include "One who follows another" , "One taking over from another" , "Person who follows next in order" , "for one of the following people" , "Follower (in post)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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