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Overbearing attitude of one surrendering? (4-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

high-handed

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'overbearing' is the definition.
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'attitude of one surrendering?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for high-handed that I've seen before include "Domineering, inconsiderate" , "Overbearing" .)

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