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A sea group reassembled in Athenian court (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

areopagus

'athenian court' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a sea group reassembled' is the wordplay.
'reassembled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sea'+'group'='seagroup'
'seagroup' is an anagram of 'reopagus'.
'a'+'reopagus'='AREOPAGUS'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for areopagus that I've seen before include "Athenian court" , "Ancient Greek court; ago, as pure (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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