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Crowd around other ranks in swamp (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morass

'swamp' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'crowd around other ranks' is the wordplay.
'crowd' becomes 'mass' (massing is a kind of crowding).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'other ranks' becomes 'or' (military abbreviation).
'mass' placed around 'or' is 'MORASS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for morass that I've seen before include "Bog or swamp" , "Slough, bog" , "Tract of soft, wet ground" , "Confusion" , "Area of boggy ground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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