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Dictator in power (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despot

(Other definitions for despot that I've seen before include "has first of shocks in store" , "Tyrannical dictator" , "nasty ruler?" , "Tyrant, dictator" , "Louis XVI was one" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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