Crossword Genius

Elevated benefit in my song? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melody

'song?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'elevated benefit in my' is the wordplay.
'elevated' is a reversal indicator (down clues only).
'benefit' becomes 'dole' (I've seen this before).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'dole' written backwards gives 'elod'.
'elod' put within 'my' is 'MELODY'.

(Other definitions for melody that I've seen before include "Air, tune" , "My dole (anag.)" , "Agreeable succession of musical sounds" , "It forms the core of a tune" , "Musical line" .)

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