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Cruel person (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brute

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cruel person</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for brute that I've seen before include "Heartless individual" , "Cruel person" , "Savage person" , "Cruelly rapacious person" , "Cruel creature" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the USA Today, The Times, the Newsday.com, the Universal, The Sun and the Family Time.
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