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Statesman who broke the Scottish heart? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tito

'statesman' is the definition.
(I know that Tito is a statesman)

'broke the scottish heart?' is the wordplay.
'broke' indicates anagramming the letters.
'heart?' indicates the central letters (I've seen 'heart of' mean this).
The centre of 'scottish' is 'otti'.
'otti' with letters rearranged gives 'TITO'.

'who' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tito that I've seen before include "Josip Broz pseudonym" , "Adopted name of Josip Broz, Yugoslav leader" , "Former Yugoslav dictator" , "Yugoslav marshal" , "Yugoslav leader, died 1980" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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