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Tempt a tyrannical leader with piece of land (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attract

'tempt' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a tyrannical leader with piece of land' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'piece of land' becomes 'tract' ('tract' can be a synonym of 'piece of land').
The initial letter of 'tyrannical' is 't'.
'a'+'t'+'tract'='ATTRACT'

(Other definitions for attract that I've seen before include "To be liable to" , "Draw towards or get attention of" , "Draw, charm, captivate" , "Draw towards, being magnetic" , "Draw towards one, as magnet does metal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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