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American died, possibly given assistance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aided

'given assistance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american died possibly' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'died' with letters rearranged gives 'ided'.
'a'+'ided'='AIDED'

(Other definitions for aided that I've seen before include "given assistance" , "not under their own steam?" , "'Assisted, helped (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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