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Outstanding leaders of men (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bosses

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'outstanding leaders' is the definition.
'bosses' can be an answer for 'leaders' (boss is a kind of leader). I am not sure about the 'outstanding' bit.

'men' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'men' could be 'se' (I have seen 'Spanish men ' mean 'se' so perhaps 'men' could also mean 'se') and 'se' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'boss' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bosses that I've seen before include "Chiefs" , "Overseers, directors or owners" , "Leaders" .)

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