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Arrest leader of demonstration and member of Greens (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

collard

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'member of greens' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'arrest leader of demonstration' is the wordplay.
'arrest' becomes 'collar' ('collar' can be a synonym of 'arrest').
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'demonstration' is 'd'.
'collar'+'d'='COLLARD'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for collard that I've seen is " Cabbage is the answer".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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