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Team-leader, chef, explorer (7,4)

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I believe the answer is:

captain cook

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'explorer' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'team-leader chef' is the wordplay.
'team leader' becomes 'captain' (I've seen this in another clue).
'chef' becomes 'cook' (both can mean someone who cooks).
'captain'+'cook'='CAPTAIN COOK'

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(Other definitions for captain cook that I've seen before include "18th century navigator and explorer" , "English explorer, killed in Hawaii" , "New Zealand's charter" .)

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