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The varied uses of a classical hero (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theseus

'a classical hero' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the varied uses' is the wordplay.
'varied' indicates an anagram.
'uses' with letters rearranged gives 'seus'.
'the'+'seus'='THESEUS'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for theseus that I've seen before include "Ancient hero" , "Shakespeare's Duke of Athens" , "Mythological hero" , "Rescuer of Ariadne" , "Greek king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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