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Better than America looking back, group embracing success (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surpassing

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'better' is the definition.
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'embracing success' is the wordplay.
'embracing' becomes 'sur' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'success' becomes 'passing' (passing is a kind of success).
'sur'+'passing'='SURPASSING'

'than america looking back group' acts as a link.
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(Another definition for surpassing that I've seen is " Being better than".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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