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Winning for each person (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ahead

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'winning' is the definition.
(both can mean in the lead)

'for each person' is the wordplay.
'for each' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'person' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of person).
'a'+'head'='AHEAD'

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(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "Winning" , "Forward - in front" , "advanced" , "In the vanguard" , "likely to win?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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