The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word THESEUS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result THESEUS
- Not any old American hero
- Greek hero seen oddly in America
- Greek hero recognised in Florida and Georgia?
- Greek hero puts article to varied uses
- University plugging dissertations in ancient Greek
- She set out to take possession of The Head of Ulysses a mythical hero
- Ancient hero outside of Seattle in America
- Greek 4 from area around 11?
- University dissertations written about Greek hero
- University stopping dissertations in ancient Greek
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "hero" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hero = theseus.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.