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Extract others, reportedly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrest

'extract' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'others reportedly' is the wordplay.
'others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this before).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'rest' is a homophone of 'WREST'.

(Other definitions for wrest that I've seen before include "The old piano tuner" , "Seize (control)" , "Forcibly pull (something from someone's grip)" , "Seize forcibly" , "With difficulty obtain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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