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Desire for Gore statue to be placed outside toilet by Democrat leader in Louisiana (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bloodlust

'desire for gore' is the definition.
(gore is bloodshed)

'statue to be placed outside toilet by democrat leader in louisiana' is the wordplay.
'statue' becomes 'bust' (I have seen 'Small statue ' mean 'bust' so perhaps 'statue' could also mean 'bust').
'to be placed outside' is an insertion indicator.
'toilet' becomes 'loo' (loo is a kind of toilet).
'by democrat' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'leader in' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'louisiana' is 'l'.
'loo'+'d'+'l'='loodl'
'bust' placed around 'loodl' is 'BLOODLUST'.

(Other definitions for bloodlust that I've seen before include "Being out for a killing" , "Desire to slaughter" .)

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