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Title of newspaper story involving leader before row (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

headline

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'title of newspaper story' is the definition.
'headline' can be an answer for 'title' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'of newspaper story' bit.

'leader before row' is the wordplay.
'leader' becomes 'head' (head is a kind of leader).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'row' becomes 'line' (as in a row of things).
'head'+'line'='HEADLINE'

'involving' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for headline that I've seen before include "Writing above newspaper article" , "Top (a concert bill)" , "Largest newspaper text" , "It's prominent in paper" , "Prominent text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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