Half-hearted old Tory enforcer upset region in dispute (5)
I believe the answer is:
tibet
'upset region in dispute' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'half-hearted old tory enforcer' is the wordplay.
'half' becomes 'dutch' (I have seen 'Better half' mean 'dutch' so perhaps 'half' could also mean 'dutch').
'hearted' says to take the centre.
'old tory enforcer' becomes 'ibet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The centre of 'dutch' is 't'.
't'+'ibet'='TIBET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tibet that I've seen before include "High place" , "Dalai Lama's orig. home" , "Home country of the Dalai Lama (5)" , "woollen fabric" , "hilly region" .)