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United were victorious reportedly (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one

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'united' is the definition.
(as in a phrase like 'we are one')

'were victorious reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'on' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for one that I've seen before include "Unity" , "doesn't count for much" , "joke" , "time" , "Leading cardinal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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