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Extent of pride, greed etc (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

degree

'extent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'of pride greed etc' is the wordplay.
'of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'DEGREE' is hidden in the letters of 'pride greed etc'.

(Other definitions for degree that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Angular measure" , "Angular unit; grade" , "Bit" , "Award given to a college graduate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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