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Help to turn race, getting stream of invective (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diatribe

'stream of invective' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'help to turn race' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'help').
'to turn' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'race' becomes 'tribe' (I've seen this before).
'aid' backwards is 'dia'.
'dia'+'tribe'='DIATRIBE'

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for diatribe that I've seen before include "Vehement criticism" , "Bitter critical attack" , "abusive outburst" , "critical speech" , "A prolonged piece of invective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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