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Patriots withdrawing singular honour for Hollywood legend? (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

stan laurel

'hollywood legend?' is the definition.

'patriots withdrawing singular honour' is the wordplay.
'patriots' becomes 'nats' (term for a member of eg Scottish National Party).
'withdrawing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'singular honour' becomes 'laurel' (more commonly used in the form 'laurels').
'nats' reversed gives 'stan'.
'stan'+'laurel'='STAN LAUREL'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stan laurel that I've seen before include "US comedian, b. Ulverston (Cumbria) 1890, d. 1965" , "Old comedian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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