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Australian digger back from warfare, behind outspoken poet joining mob with one codger (7,6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eastern barred bandicoot

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'codger' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'australian digger back from warfare behind outspoken poet joining mob with one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'australian' could be 'a' (common abbreviation) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'back' could be 'stern' (stern means the back of a boat) and 'stern' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'mob' could be 'band' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'band' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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