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Put down attendee at conference wanting new leader (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relegate

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'put down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'attendee at conference wanting new leader' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'at' is found in the answer.
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for relegate that I've seen before include "Send down" , "Consign to less important place - maybe a soccer team" , "Assign to a lower position" , "Demote" , "Transfer to a lower division" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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