Orator needs them so badly (11)

I believe the answer is:

demosthenes

'orator' is the definition.
(Demosthenes is an example)

'needs them so badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'needs'+'them'+'so'='needsthemso'
'needsthemso' with letters rearranged gives 'DEMOSTHENES'.

(Another definition for demosthenes that I've seen is " Greek orator and statesman; sense method (anag.)".)

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

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