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Has Dante heartlessly put into the inferno (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hades

'inferno' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'has dante heartlessly put into' is the wordplay.
'heartlessly' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'put into' indicates putting letters inside.
'dante' with its centre removed is 'de'.
'has' enclosing 'de' is 'HADES'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hades that I've seen before include "gloomy place" , "Pluto" , "It's classical hell in the shade" , "It's hell in the Greek shade" , "Greek underworld with spirits of the dead" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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