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Navy member, nothing without leader (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armada

'navy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'member nothing without leader' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of member).
'nothing' becomes 'nada' ('nada' can be a synonym of 'nothing').
'without leader' means to remove the first letter.
'nada' with its first letter removed is 'ada'.
'arm'+'ada'='ARMADA'

(Other definitions for armada that I've seen before include "Large number of ships (Spanish?)" , "A great fleet - Spain had one" , "The Spanish force" , "Naval fighting force" , "Spanish war fleet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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