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What
describes
authority
to
abolish
leader’s
position?
(6)
What describes authority to abolish leader’s position? (6)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
The position? here is EIGHTH, as in a ranking. "What" gives EH (as in "what did you say?"), and that "describes" — wraps around — the word for authority, RIGHT, with its leader abolished to leave IGHT. Put EH around IGHT and you get EIGHTH.