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Note heroic deed Eliot portrays? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depicts

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'portrays?' is the definition.
('depict' can be a synonym of 'portray')

'note heroic deed eliot' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'd' (musical note).
'heroic deed' becomes 'epic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'eliot' becomes 'ts' (TS Eliot).
'd'+'epic'+'ts'='DEPICTS'

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(Other definitions for depicts that I've seen before include "Describes or shows as picture" , "outlines" , "Paints or draws something" .)

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