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Urge on the leading intellectual? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egghead

'intellectual?' is the definition.
(I know that egghead is a type of intellectual)

'urge on the leading' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'egg' (as in egging someone on).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'the leading' becomes 'head' (I've seen this in other clues).
'egg'+'head'='EGGHEAD'

(Other definitions for egghead that I've seen before include "Intellectual - highbrow" , "Very academic person" , "Very clever person" , "An intellectual (inf.)" , "providing access to soldiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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