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Flaw is found in disheartened team's intimidatory tactics (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terrorism

'intimidatory tactics' is the definition.
(terrorism is designed to intimidate people)

'flaw is found in disheartened team's' is the wordplay.
'flaw' becomes 'error' (flaw can mean a mistake or imperfection).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'disheartened' means to remove the middle letters.
'team' with its centre removed is 'tm'.
'error'+'is'='erroris'
'erroris' placed inside 'tm' is 'TERRORISM'.

(Other definitions for terrorism that I've seen before include "Unauthorised violence for political ends" , "Action of revolutionaries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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