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Parliamentarian drinks with leader (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roundhead

'parliamentarian' is the definition.
(I know that parliamentarian can be written as Roundhead)

'drinks with leader' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'round' (as in a round of drinks).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'round'+'head'='ROUNDHEAD'

(Other definitions for roundhead that I've seen before include "Parliamentarian (hist.)" , "Supporter of Parliament during the English Civil Wars" , "Old soldier" , "An enemy of Charles" , "antimonarchist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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