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That woman's love for leading man (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hero

'leading man' is the definition.
(eg the hero of a film)

'that woman's love' is the wordplay.
'that woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'her'+'o'='HERO'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for hero that I've seen before include "Man of great courage and deeds" , "Lion" , "Leander's lover, who committed suicide when he drowned" , "Rochester maybe required?" , "Chief male character in story or film - probably very brave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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