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Ranked men in army replaced monarch, in stated claim (8)

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I believe the answer is:

assorted

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'ranked' is the definition.
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'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...

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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