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Given position in class: Greek reportedly helped (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graded

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'greek reportedly helped' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'given position in class' is the wordplay.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'position in' becomes 'd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'class' becomes 'grade' (synonyms).
'd' after 'grade' is 'GRADED'.

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(Other definitions for graded that I've seen before include "Gave mark to (student's work)" , "Classified" , "Sorted by quality or rank" .)

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