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Cite a Fascist leader stammering (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adduce

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'cite' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a fascist leader stammering' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'leader' could be 'duce' (Duce is an example) and 'duce' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for adduce that I've seen before include "Allege" , "Cite as example or proof" , "Advance evidence for" , "Cite as evidence" , "Quote in evidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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