President always good for a rousing speech? (5)

I believe the answer is:

grant

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'president' is the definition.
(I know that Grant is a president)

'good for a rousing speech?' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a rousing speech?' becomes 'rant' (rant is a kind of speech. I am not sure about the 'rousing' bit.).
'g'+'rant'='GRANT'

'always' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for grant that I've seen before include "19th century president" , "FILMSTAR" , "Confer" , "cash received" , "Present" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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