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Champion getting gold after racket challenge’s final cancelled (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conqueror

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'champion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'gold after racket challenge's final cancelled' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'gold' could be 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold) and 'or' is found within the answer.
'racket' could be 'con' (both can mean a scam) and 'con' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'getting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for conqueror that I've seen before include "humbler?" , "William's title after 1066 battle" , "Military victor" , "For one, William" , "Victor, winner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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