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Arrive guarding soldiers with rubbish report (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

commentate

'report' is the definition.

'arrive guarding soldiers with rubbish' is the wordplay.
'arrive' becomes 'come' (synonyms).
'guarding' indicates putting letters inside.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rubbish' becomes 'tat' (low-quality items or material).
'men'+'tat'='mentat'
'come' enclosing 'mentat' is 'COMMENTATE'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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