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Fascist
leader
controlled
Houston
with
rumba
master
general
(9,6)
Fascist leader controlled Houston with rumba master general (9,6)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at general at the end — that's your definition, pointing to the Spanish dictator. The wordplay builds the full name piece by piece: Fascist leader gives you F (the first letter of Fascist), then controlled gives you RAN, then Houston gives you CISCO (the folk singer Cisco Houston's first name), and finally rumba master gives you FRANCO — that's the Congolese rumba legend Franco Luambo. String them all together and there's your man.