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Ugandan dictator's name held in disdain regularly (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idi

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'ugandan dictator's name held' is the definition.
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'disdain regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'disdain' are 'IDI'.

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(Other definitions for idi that I've seen before include "Former dictator of Uganda, ... Amin" , "First name of Ugandan dictator, 1971-79" .)

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