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Spiritual leader with little time for talk (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rabbit

'talk' is the definition.
(rabbit can informally mean to talk)

'spiritual leader with little time' is the wordplay.
'spiritual leader' becomes 'rabbi' (Jewish teacher).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'rabbi'+'t'='RABBIT'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rabbit that I've seen before include "Poor player" , "Furry rodent" , "Bit bar (anag.)" , "Fur; chatter (colloq.)" , "bun?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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