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Call to account US soldier over in Scottish isle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arraign

'call to account' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'us soldier over in scottish isle' is the wordplay.
'us soldier' becomes 'gi' (I've seen this in other clues).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'scottish isle' becomes 'arran'.
'gi' back-to-front is 'ig'.
'ig' inserted into 'arran' is 'ARRAIGN'.

(Other definitions for arraign that I've seen before include "Act against" , "Call to account" , "Call before a court to answer an indictment" , "Accuse before tribunal" , "Bring to trial" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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