Autocrat's bizarre act stops journalist dropping leader (8)
I believe the answer is:
dictator
'autocrat's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bizarre act stops journalist dropping leader' is the wordplay.
'bizarre act' becomes 'cta' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stops' indicates putting letters inside.
'journalist' becomes 'editor' (I've seen this before).
'dropping leader' means to remove the first letter.
'editor' with its initial letter removed is 'ditor'.
'cta' placed inside 'ditor' is 'DICTATOR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dictator that I've seen before include "Such as Saddam Hussein" , "A domineering ruler like Stalin or Mussolini" , "Stalin was one, and Mussolini" , "One ordering" , "One with absolute authority" .)