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Humiliate editor to lift average (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demean

'humiliate' is the definition.
(I know that demean is a more specific form of the action humiliate)

'editor to lift average' is the wordplay.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'to lift' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters lift up).
'average' becomes 'mean' (type of average).
'ed' in reverse letter order is 'de'.
'de'+'mean'='DEMEAN'

(Other definitions for demean that I've seen before include "'Put down, degrade (6)'" , "Degrade, humiliate" , "Humble" , "Lower, degrade" , "Lower in dignity or reputation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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