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Enlisted American and Dutch air force support for drivers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draftee

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'enlisted american and dutch air' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'force support for drivers' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'RAF' (Royal Air Force).
'support' becomes 'tee' (tee is a kind of support).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'drivers' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'raf'+'tee'='raftee'
'raftee' after 'd' is 'DRAFTEE'.

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(Other definitions for draftee that I've seen before include "one brought into service" , "American military conscript" , "One forced to join" , "Soldier, perhaps unwilling" , "Rookie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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