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Brought air force back first? That's improbable (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

farfetched

'that's improbable' is the definition.
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'brought air force back first?' is the wordplay.
'brought' becomes 'fetched' ('fetch' can be a synonym of 'bring').
'air force' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'first?' says to put letters next to each other.
'raf' back-to-front is 'far'.
'fetched' put after 'far' is 'FARFETCHED'.

(Another definition for farfetched that I've seen is " Forced - unconvincing".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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