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Servant forced to dictate? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maid

'servant' is the definition.
(maid is a kind of servant)

'forced to dictate?' is the wordplay.
'forced' becomes 'made' (I've seen this before).
'to dictate?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'to dictate' mean this).
'made' is a homophone of 'MAID'.

(Other definitions for maid that I've seen before include "Female domestic servant" , "Female servant - young girl" , "One in service" , "daughter?" , "Damsel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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