Fiend in dress hat sporadically wronged woman (9)

I believe the answer is:

desdemona

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'hat sporadically wronged woman' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'fiend in dress' is the wordplay.
'fiend' becomes 'demon' (synonyms).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dress' becomes 'desa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'demon' inserted into 'desa' is 'DESDEMONA'.

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(Other definitions for desdemona that I've seen before include "Othello's victim" , "Victim of jealousy" , "Othello's murdered wife" , "Wife of Othello (Shak.)" , "She was killed by Othello" .)

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

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