Cryptic crossword clue
Was told to ignore Resistance leader 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HEAD

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The straight part

We know that "leader" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leader = head.

The cryptic/wordplay part

In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HEAD mean?

1. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
2. The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
3. (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
4. A significant or important part.
5. Headway; progress.
6. Topic; subject.
7. Denouement; crisis.
8. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
9. Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
10. The glans penis.
11. A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
12. Power; armed force.

1. To be in command of. (See also head up.)
2. To come at the beginning of; to commence.
3. To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
4. To move in a specified direction.
5. To remove the head from a fish.
6. To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
7. To form a head.
8. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
9. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
10. To behead; to decapitate.
11. To go in front of.
12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
13. (by extension) To check or restrain.
14. To set on the head.

1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

1. Foremost in rank or importance.
2. Placed at the top or the front.
3. Coming from in front.

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