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Ace crippled in battle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alamein

'battle' is the definition.
(First and Second Battles of El Alamein in 1942)

'ace crippled in' is the wordplay.
'ace' becomes 'a'.
'crippled' becomes 'lame' (synonyms).
'a'+'lame'+'in'='ALAMEIN'

(Other definitions for alamein that I've seen before include "Site of WW2 battle in Egypt" , "Montgomery - Rommel battle" , "on the north coast of Egypt" , "World War II N. African battle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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