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Army officer and I gallivant in shrub (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brigadier

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

'i gallivant in shrub' is the wordplay.
'gallivant' becomes 'gad' ('gad' can be a synonym of 'gallivant').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'shrub' becomes 'brier' (brier is a kind of shrub**).
'i'+'gad'='igad'
'igad' placed within 'brier' is 'BRIGADIER'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for brigadier that I've seen before include "Military leader" , "Officer in charge of army unit, part of division" , "Air bridge over to the military officer" , "Army rank" , "Rank above colonel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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