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The undoubted leader? (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

definite article

'the' is the definition.

'undoubted leader?' is the wordplay.
'undoubted' becomes 'definite'.
'leader?' becomes 'article' (leader is a type of newspaper article).
'definite'+'article'='DEFINITE ARTICLE'

(Other definitions for definite article that I've seen before include "Maybe the" , "Black and white feature in paper" , "part of speech" , "In English, it's always the" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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