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Tragic hero cries out, 'To hell with love!' (7)

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I believe the answer is:

othello

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

'out to hell with love' is the wordplay.
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'to' enclosing 'hell' is 'thello'.
'thello' put after 'o' is 'OTHELLO'.

'cries' is the link.
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(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "game with counters" , "jealous husband" , "Old Black Ram!" , "Eponymous hero" , "Shakespeare play set in Venice/Cyprus" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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