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Strong club opening for Lightner and Eisenhower (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ironlike

'strong' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'club opening for lightner and eisenhower' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'iron' (type of golf club).
'opening for' says to take the initial letters.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'eisenhower' becomes 'Ike' (Ike was a nickname of President Dwight Eisenhower).
The initial letter of 'lightner' is 'l'.
'iron'+'l'+'ike'='IRONLIKE'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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