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Read about being imprisoned by tyrant with no time for criminal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desperado

'criminal' is the definition.
(desperado is a kind of criminal)

'read about being imprisoned by tyrant with no time' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'being imprisoned by' is an insertion indicator.
'tyrant' becomes 'despot' ('despot' can be a synonym of 'tyrant').
'with no' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'time' becomes 't'.
'despot' with 't' taken away is 'despo'.
'read' with letters rearranged gives 'erad'.
'erad' inserted inside 'despo' is 'DESPERADO'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for desperado that I've seen before include "Bandit, outlaw" , "reckless type" , "Road speed (anag.)" , "Reckless person" , "Reckless guy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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