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Father,
forward
in
motion
…
(4,3)
Father, forward in motion … (4,3)
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How the clue works
The definition is Father, meaning the Pope (the Holy Father). The wordplay puts PELE (a famous forward footballer) inside POO (a motion, as in the bodily kind), splitting POO around the insertion to give PO-PELE-O, which reads as POPE LEO.