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...made to help sculptor without class (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ropedin

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'made' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'sculptor without class' is the wordplay.
'sculptor' becomes 'rodin' (Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'class' becomes 'pe' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rodin' going around 'pe' is 'ROPEDIN'.

'to help' acts as a link.

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