...forced grottier shahs to direct one (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
straight shooter
'direct one' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'forced grottier shahs to' is the wordplay.
'forced' is an anagram indicator.
'grottier'+'shahs'+'to'='grottiershahsto'
'grottiershahsto' with letters rearranged gives 'STRAIGHT SHOOTER'.
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