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An officer met with a reverse, just for now (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pro tem

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'for now' is the definition.
(short for pro tempore, meaning for the time being)

'an officer met with a reverse' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'met' is 'tem' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pro' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'just' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pro tem that I've seen before include "Informally, for the time being" , "For the present" , "'For the time being (3,3)'" , "not indefinitely extended" , "For the time being, to the old Romans in short" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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