Tragic character of devil-embracing, deviant Sade (9)
I believe the answer is:
desdemona
'tragic character' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'devil-embracing deviant sade' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'devil' could be 'demon' (synonyms) and 'demon' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'sade' is 'desa' which is present in the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for desdemona that I've seen before include "tragic heroine" , "Female traduced by ancient" , "Othello's victim" , "Victim of jealousy" , "Othello's murdered wife" .)