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Hamlet perhaps right -- terrible loser with no heart (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

title role

'hamlet perhaps' is the definition.
(Hamlet is the title role in Shakespeare's play)

'right terrible loser with no heart' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'title' (title is a kind of right).
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'with no heart' suggests removing the centre.
'loser' with its centre taken out is 'loer'.
'loer' anagrammed gives 'role'.
'title'+'role'='TITLE-ROLE'

(Other definitions for title role that I've seen before include "Eponymous part in play" , "Hamlet in Hamlet, say" , "Main part of a story" , "taken by Lear amongst others" , "Main part in play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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