A test, indeed, made less important (7)
I believe the answer is:
demoted
'important' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.
'a test indeed made less' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'test' could be 'mot' (as in an MOT test for a vehicle) and 'mot' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for demoted that I've seen before include "Put down in rank" , "Reduced in rank" , "Downgraded" , "Relegated" , "Slippery fish" .)