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Friend captured in war zone where this was used? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

napalm

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'zone where this was used?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'friend captured in war' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'captured in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'war' becomes 'nam' (informal term for the Vietnam War).
'pal' inserted within 'nam' is 'NAPALM'.

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(Other definitions for napalm that I've seen before include "Petroleum jelly used in bombs and flame-throwers" , "Incendiary agent" , "Incendiary bomb jelly" , "Flame thrower ingredient" , "Incendiary liquid used in firebombs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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