Little woman irons in retirement for Stalin? (5)

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josef

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'stalin?' is the definition.
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'little woman irons in retirement' is the wordplay.
'little woman' becomes 'Jo' (character from Little Women).
'irons' becomes 'Fes' ('Fe' can be a synonym of 'iron').
'in retirement' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (retire can mean to go back or backwards).
'fes' backwards is 'sef'.
'jo'+'sef'='JOSEF'

'for' is the link.

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