Position adopted among hardest ancestors (6)
I believe the answer is:
stance
'position' is the definition.
(I know that position can be written as stance)
'among hardest ancestors' is the wordplay.
'among' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'STANCE' can be found hidden inside 'hardest ancestors'.
'adopted' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stance that I've seen before include "Standpoint" , "Bearing" , "position when batting" , "Position, at the tee perhaps" , "a driver may take on course" .)