Duke, severe, changed warrant (7)

I believe the answer is:

deserve

(Other definitions for deserve that I've seen before include "Be worth" , "Show one is worthy" , "Warrant" , "Severed (anag)" , "rate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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