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Start to change locks for one in charge of meeting (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chair

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'one in charge of meeting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'start to change locks' is the wordplay.
'start to' suggests taking the first letters.
'locks' becomes 'hair' (locks can mean hair).
The first letter of 'change' is 'c'.
'c'+'hair'='CHAIR'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chair that I've seen before include "Official position of authority" , "academic office" , "Seat for one person" , "director at meeting" , "Professorship" .)

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