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Pain for a guerrilla leader (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ache

'pain' is the definition.
(ache is a kind of pain)

'a guerrilla leader' is the wordplay.
'guerrilla leader' becomes 'che' (guerrilla revolutionary Che Guevara).
'a'+'che'='ACHE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ache that I've seen before include "Pine" , "Long ? pain" , "Similar" , "Continuous hurt" , "Shakespearean character" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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