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Wallachian ruler restructured DVLA (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vlad

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'wallachian ruler' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'restructured dvla' is the wordplay.
'restructured' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'restructuring' mean this).
'dvla' with letters rearranged gives 'VLAD'.

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(Other definitions for vlad that I've seen before include "Infamous impaler" , "__ Dracula, the 15th century Prince of Wallachia, called the Impaler" .)

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