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Comedy modelled on international soldiers (6)

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I believe the answer is:

satire

'comedy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'modelled on international soldiers' is the wordplay.
'modelled' becomes 'sat' ('sit' can be a synonym of 'model').
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'sat'+'i'+'re'='SATIRE'

(Other definitions for satire that I've seen before include "Irony or sarcasm in speech or writing" , "Humorous criticism of folly or vice" , "burlesque" , "Humouous piece which ricicules" , "Parody, spoof" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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