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Stalin as a crazy aggressor (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assailant

'aggressor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stalin as a crazy' is the wordplay.
'crazy' is an anagram indicator.
'stalin'+'as'+'a'='stalinasa'
'stalinasa' is an anagram of 'ASSAILANT'.

(Other definitions for assailant that I've seen before include "An attacker like mugger" , "One attacking another" , "Aggressive sort" , "Aggressor" , "who is on the offensive?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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