He hasn't the heart to disperse a crowd (6)

I believe the answer is:

coward

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'he hasn't the heart' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'disperse a crowd' is the wordplay.
'disperse' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'disperses' mean this).
'a'+'crowd'='acrowd'
'acrowd' anagrammed gives 'COWARD'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for coward that I've seen before include "Scaredy-cat" , "wimp" , "A craven person" , "Craven type" , "Chicken" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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