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Work with leader of uprising, fast becoming rich (7)

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I believe the answer is:

opulent

'rich' is the definition.
('opulent' can be similar in meaning to 'rich')

'work with leader of uprising fast' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus**).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'leader of' indicates taking the first letters.
'fast' becomes 'lent' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'uprising' is 'u'.
'op'+'u'+'lent'='OPULENT'

'becoming' is the link.

(Other definitions for opulent that I've seen before include "Prosperous" , "No let-up (anag)" , "extremely elegant" , "Well-to-do or lavish" , "'Rich, sumptuous (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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