The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word TITLE ROLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TITLE ROLE
- Legal ownership requires duty to lead
- Elite lot illegitimately securing right to lead
- Right to take part in Hamlet for example
- Crazy little hero, beheaded in Peter Pan, say
- Main part of a story to tell, I re- developed?
- Name part of Hamlet, say
- Retell it differently to include Ophelia’s tip for Hamlet perhaps
- Hamlet perhaps right — terrible loser with no heart
- Little adjustment to take in queen's officer in important part
- Main part or little, anyway has energy
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The straight part
We know that "Hamlet perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hamlet perhaps = title role.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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