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Nut overcome, reportedly? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conker

'nut' is the definition.
(the nut of a horse chestnut tree)

'overcome reportedly?' is the wordplay.
'overcome' becomes 'conquer' (conquering is a kind of overcoming).
'reportedly?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'reportedly' mean this).
'conquer' sounds like 'CONKER'.

(Other definitions for conker that I've seen before include "hard nut" , "Seed of horse chestnut" , "Chestnut on a string" , "Nut of the horse chestnut tree" , "Chestnut fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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