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Old fashioned writing style of lawyer sending final letters to leader (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

script

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'leader' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'old fashioned writing style of lawyer sending final letters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'writing' could be 'scrip' (scrip is a kind of writing) and 'scrip' is present in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for script that I've seen before include "Text, of a play say" , "Piece of handwriting" , "Written version of a play" , "Calligraphy" , "Form of text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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