Was champion jockey seduced outside church? (9)

I believe the answer is:

succeeded

'was champion' is the definition.

'jockey seduced outside church?' is the wordplay.
'jockey' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'church?' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'seduced' is an anagram of 'suceded'.
'suceded' placed around 'ce' is 'SUCCEEDED'.

(Another definition for succeeded that I've seen is " Came into a title".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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