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Abnormal pique soldiers finally felt, finding kit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

equipment

'kit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'abnormal pique soldiers finally felt' is the wordplay.
'abnormal' is an anagram indicator.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'felt' is 't'.
'pique' with letters rearranged gives 'equip'.
'equip'+'men'+'t'='EQUIPMENT'

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for equipment that I've seen before include "Items needed for a particular purpose" , "Stuff" , "Kit, apparatus" , "Apparatus, tools" , "fitting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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