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Greek leader relaxed an order (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alexander

'greek leader' is the definition.
(Alexander the Great)

'relaxed an order' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates anagramming the letters.
'relaxed'+'an'='relaxedan'
'relaxedan' anagrammed gives 'ALEXANDER'.

(Other definitions for alexander that I've seen before include "Great king of ancient Macedonia" , "A great Greek ruler?" , "The Great conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia" , "Field marshal" , "... the Great, ancient Greek king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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