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Rebels have one that's superior, just in case (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cause

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'rebels have' is the definition.
'cause' can be an answer for 'have' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'rebels' bit.

'one that's superior just in case' is the wordplay.
'one that's superior just' becomes 'u' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'u' placed inside 'case' is 'CAUSE'.

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(Other definitions for cause that I've seen before include "It brings about an effect" , "Producer of an effect" , "Give rise to" , "Produce (an effect)" , "Make happen; something deserving support" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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