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State emphatically tortured Red Alec (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

declare

'state emphatically' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'tortured red alec' is the wordplay.
'tortured' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'red'+'alec'='redalec'
'redalec' with letters rearranged gives 'DECLARE'.

(Other definitions for declare that I've seen before include "Make a statement, to customs perhaps" , "Proclaim" , "Make clearly known" , "Assert" , "Aver, state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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