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Unsophisticated sort of tyranny on line (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yokel

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'unsophisticated sort' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'of tyranny on line' is the wordplay.
'of tyranny' becomes 'yoke' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'yoke'+'l'='YOKEL'

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(Other definitions for yokel that I've seen before include "rustic type" , "Unsophisticated rustic" , "Country bumpkin" , "Countryman" , "Hick" .)

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