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Equipment carried by wicked English group (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brigade

'group' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'equipment carried by wicked english' is the wordplay.
'equipment' becomes 'rig' (rig is a kind of equipment).
'carried by' indicates putting letters inside.
'wicked' becomes 'bad' ('bad' can be similar in meaning to 'wicked').
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'rig' going into 'bad' is 'brigad'.
'brigad'+'e'='BRIGADE'

(Other definitions for brigade that I've seen before include "Body of troops" , "Soldiers" , "Rig a bed (anag)" , "Army subdivision" , "Military group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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