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Nothing in one plan revised by French leader (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

napoleon

'french leader' is the definition.
(I know this)

'nothing in one plan revised' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'revised' indicates an anagram.
'one'+'plan'='oneplan'
'oneplan' with letters rearranged gives 'napleon'.
'o' going into 'napleon' is 'NAPOLEON'.

'by' is the link.

(Other definitions for napoleon that I've seen before include "Solo, perhaps" , "Ruler" , "Former French gold coin" , "Old French coin" , "French VIP" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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