War hero caught stabbing other lunatic (6)

I believe the answer is:

hector

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'war hero' is the definition.
'hector' can be an answer for 'hero' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'war' bit.

'caught stabbing other lunatic' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'stabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters stab themselves into others).
'lunatic' indicates an anagram.
'other' anagrammed gives 'hetor'.
'c' inserted inside 'hetor' is 'HECTOR'.

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(Other definitions for hector that I've seen before include "Bully like Trojan prince" , "Greek fighter" , "Browbeat, bully" , "Trojan hero - bully" , "Browbeat, boss around" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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