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Class reportedly got older and wiser? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greyed

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'older and wiser?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'class reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'class' could be 're' (Religious Education, school subject) and 're' is found in the answer.
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'got' is the link.

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(Other definitions for greyed that I've seen before include "Became dull" , "Showed signs of age" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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