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Sanctioned member and a Labour leader (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legal

'sanctioned' is the definition.
('legal' can be similar in meaning to 'sanctioned')

'member and a labour leader' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before).
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'and labour' is 'al'.
'leg'+'al'='LEGAL'

(Other definitions for legal that I've seen before include "In accordance with law" , "Lawful" , "In accordance with statute" , "Street - (1978 Dylan album)" , "not banned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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