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Excellent foot soldiers manoeuv­ring without loss (2,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

to die for

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'excellent' is the definition.
(something to die for is excellent or desirable)

'foot soldiers manoeuvring without loss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'foot' could be 'f' (abbreviation) and 'f' is present in the answer.
'soldiers' could be 'or' (Other Ranks) and 'or' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'todie' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for to die for that I've seen before include "Highly desirable or alluring" , "Extremely desirable (colloq.)" , "hot" , "Superb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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