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Team removing lead supporter by choice (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ideally

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'team removing lead' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'supporter by choice' is the wordplay.
'supporter' becomes 'ally' (an ally is a friend or supporter).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'choice' becomes 'ide' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ally' after 'ide' is 'IDEALLY'.

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(Other definitions for ideally that I've seen before include "In the best possible scenario" , "In the most perfect way" , "Perfectly; most suitably" , "in optimal way" , "In a perfect world, the best possible situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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