Extract information from eastern dictator of Mediterranean country (5)
I believe the answer is:
educe
'extract information' is the definition.
'educe' can be an answer for 'extract' (synonyms). I'm unsure of the 'information' bit.
'eastern dictator of mediterranean country' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'eastern' could be 'e' and 'e' is present in the answer.
'dictator' could be 'duce' (Benito Mussolini was called Il Duce in Italian) and 'duce' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for educe that I've seen before include "Bring out (something)" , "Draw forth" , "Infer" , "Draw out, elicit" , "Bring out, develop" .)