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Real idiot somehow becomes leader (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

editorial

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

'real idiot somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'real'+'idiot'='realidiot'
'realidiot' anagrammed gives 'EDITORIAL'.

'becomes' is the link.

(Other definitions for editorial that I've seen before include "paper item" , "(Paper's) leader" , "Paper's opinion piece" , "Statement of a newspaper's opinion" , "Newspaper item" .)

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