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Do soldiers find drill so? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boring

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'drill so?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'do soldiers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 'or' (military abbreviation for other ranks) and 'or' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'find' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for boring that I've seen before include "Drilling - it's monotonous" , "Mentally wearying" , "like watching paint dry?" , "Tedious, tiresome" , "Dull and repetitive, a turn-off" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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