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Army officer designed air bridge (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brigadier

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

'designed air bridge' is the wordplay.
'designed' indicates an anagram (designed with the letters).
'air'+'bridge'='airbridge'
'airbridge' anagrammed gives 'BRIGADIER'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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