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Alexander's Greek tutor trained tsar to lie (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aristotle

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'alexander's greek tutor' is the definition.
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'trained tsar to lie' is the wordplay.
'trained' is an anagram indicator (train can mean to shape or manipulate).
'tsar'+'to'+'lie'='tsartolie'
'tsartolie' is an anagram of 'ARISTOTLE'.

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(Other definitions for aristotle that I've seen before include "Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great" , "Greek logician" , "Great Greek philosopher of 4th century B.C." , "Totaliser (anag) - ancient Greek" , "Realist to be like great Greek philosopher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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