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Dictator's heartless attempt to deliver a tirade (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tyrant

'dictator's' is the definition.
(tyrant is a kind of dictator)

'heartless attempt to deliver a tirade' is the wordplay.
'heartless' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'to deliver a tirade' becomes 'rant' (a tirade is a rant).
'try' with its middle taken out is 'ty'.
'ty'+'rant'='TYRANT'

(Other definitions for tyrant that I've seen before include "Authoritarian" , "Oppressive and cruel ruler" , "Despotic ruler" , "taskmaster" , "Person dictating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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