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Accomplished advance or defeat? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overcome

'defeat?' is the definition.
(overcoming is a kind of defeating)

'accomplished advance' is the wordplay.
'accomplished' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'advance' becomes 'come' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'over'+'come'='OVERCOME'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for overcome that I've seen before include "Broken" , "Deal successfully with difficulties" , "Defeat (someone)" , "hammer" , "Succeed in dealing with difficulties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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