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Served, as did Edward on a court? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acted

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'served as' is the definition.
(acting is a kind of serving as)

'edward on a court?' is the wordplay.
'edward' becomes 'ed'.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'court?' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'a'+'ct'='act'
'ed' put after 'act' is 'ACTED'.

'did' is the link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for acted that I've seen before include "Pretended" , "Played a 30ac" , "Behaved or played a part" , "appeared on stage" , "Feigned" .)

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