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Point grasped by star American historian (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

herodotus

'historian' is the definition.
(I know that Herodotus is a historian)

'point grasped by star american' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'dot' (synonyms).
'grasped by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'star' becomes 'hero' (both can mean a main character).
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'hero'+'us'='herous'
'dot' inserted into 'herous' is 'HERODOTUS'.

(Other definitions for herodotus that I've seen before include "Historical pioneer" , "Ancient Greek historian" , "Old Greek" , "Famous Greek" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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