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Disciplinarian seeing some point in source of military skill (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

martinet

'disciplinarian' is the definition.
('martinet' can be a synonym of 'disciplinarian')

'some point in source of military skill' is the wordplay.
'some point' becomes 'tine' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'source of' indicates taking the first letters.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'military' is 'm'.
'm'+'art'='mart'
'tine' put into 'mart' is 'MARTINET'.

'seeing' is the link.

(Other definitions for martinet that I've seen before include "'Disciplinarian, exacts strict conformity to rules (8)'" , "Despot" , "Person who demands strict obedience" , "Tyrant, one who demands strict obedience" , "Rigorous figure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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