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Commander-in-chief takes a moment to show scar (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cicatrice

'scar' is the definition.
('cicatrice' can be a synonym of 'scar')

'commander-in-chief takes a moment' is the wordplay.
'commander-in-chief' becomes 'cic'.
'takes' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'moment' becomes 'trice' (I've seen this before).
'cic'+'a'+'trice'='CICATRICE'

'to show' is the link.

(Other definitions for cicatrice that I've seen before include "something over wound" , "Scar over a healed wound" .)

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