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Soccer superstar Lionel (5)

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I believe the answer is:

messi

'soccer superstar lionel' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for messi that I've seen is " Footballer".)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times, the L.A. Times Daily, the Universal, the LA Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
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