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Master Edward's beaten (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mated

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'beaten' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'master edward's' is the wordplay.
'master' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts).
'edward' becomes 'ted' ().
'ma'+'ted'='MATED'

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(Other definitions for mated that I've seen before include "Defeated in game" , "Joined, connected" , "had sex" , "given match" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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