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First class date passed without trouble (4)

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I believe the answer is:

aced

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'passed without trouble' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'first class date' is the wordplay.
'first class' becomes 'ace' ().
'date' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation eg in DOB, date of birth).
'ace'+'d'='ACED'

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(Other definitions for aced that I've seen before include "passed with highest marks in US" , "Comprehensively beaten" , "Reached a golf hole in one shot" , "Sailed through" , "got a hole in one" .)

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