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Youth, including one assigned position on ground (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laid

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'assigned position on ground' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'youth including one' is the wordplay.
'youth' becomes 'lad' (lad means a young man).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'lad' going around 'i' is 'LAID'.

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(Other definitions for laid that I've seen before include "(Of dining table) set" , "Put down like dial" , "Wagered" , "tables may be?" , "settled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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