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Questionable view to have leader replaced by revolutionary American (7)

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I believe the answer is:

suspect

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'questionable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'view to have leader replaced by revolutionary american' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'american' could be 'us' (abbreviation for United States) and 'us' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for suspect that I've seen before include "Have qualms about" , "Imagine to be true" , "One believed responsible" , "Doubt - man held by police" , "Person being accused" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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