Ranked men in army replaced monarch, in stated claim (8)
I believe the answer is:
assorted
'ranked' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'men in army replaced monarch in stated claim' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'men' could be 'or' (military abbreviation for other ranks) and 'or' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assorted that I've seen before include "Of different kinds put together, like sweets" , "Manifold" , "Various, diverse" , "like some chocolates" , "Stared so at a varied mixture as of sweets" .)