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Several English, assorted (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diverse

'assorted' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'several english' is the wordplay.
'several' becomes 'divers' (I've seen this before).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'divers'+'e'='DIVERSE'

(Other definitions for diverse that I've seen before include "Widely varied" , "Disparate" , "Revised, being of different kinds" , "Differing" , "'Various, assorted (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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