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Did dub blend, one in an innovative style (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ennobled

'did dub' is the definition.
(as in to ennoble by dubbing with a title)

'blend one in an innovative style' is the wordplay.
'in an innovative style' is an anagram indicator (an original or innovative ordering of the letters).
'blend'+'one'='blendone'
'blendone' with letters rearranged gives 'ENNOBLED'.

(Other definitions for ennobled that I've seen before include "Got up to peer" , "Elevated to the peerage" , "Given peerage" , "Dignified" , "Raised to the peerage in the UK" .)

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