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He tyrannises the poor working newspapermen in it (9)

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I believe the answer is:

oppressor

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'he tyrannises' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'poor working newspapermen in it' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates anagramming the letters.
'newspapermen' becomes 'press' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in it' indicates putting letters inside.
'poor' is an anagram of 'opor'.
'opor' enclosing 'press' is 'OPPRESSOR'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for oppressor that I've seen before include "One who keeps another in subjection" , "Despot" , "Proposers for one who persecutes" , "One subjects others to undue pressure" , "Persecutor of proposers" .)

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