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Turned to greeting tragic hero (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

othello

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

'turned to greeting' is the wordplay.
'turned' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'greeting' becomes 'hello' (hello is a kind of greeting).
'to' back-to-front is 'ot'.
'ot'+'hello'='OTHELLO'

(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "Desdemona's husband" , "Dramatic Moor" , "Old Black Ram!" , "Shakespeare's general" , "jealous husband" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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