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Relief for a civic leader on tour (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contour

'relief' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a civic leader on tour' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'civic' is 'c'.
'c'+'on'+'tour'='CONTOUR'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for contour that I've seen before include "Defining line" , "Map line of equal altitude" , "Outline (of land)" , "Outline, profile" , "Silhouette" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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