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Provincial leader called for transport strike (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prang

'transport strike' is the definition.
(prang can a vehicle crash)

'provincial leader called' is the wordplay.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'called' becomes 'rang' (called on the phone).
The first letter of 'provincial' is 'p'.
'p'+'rang'='PRANG'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for prang that I've seen before include "Crash (a car, aircraft) (colloq.)" , "Plane or car crash" , "Car accident, usually not too serious" , "Crash (a motor vehicle)" , "nasty collision" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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