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Innovatively remove captured carbon monoxide, master (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overcome

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'master' is the definition.
(I know that master is a kind of beat)

'innovatively remove captured carbon monoxide' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'carbon' could be 'c' (chemical symbol) and 'c' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'remove' is 'verome' which is located in the left over letters.
A single letter 'o' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for overcome that I've seen before include "Conquer, subdue" , "hammer" , "Defeat (someone)" , "being best" , "worst?" .)

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