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Fund kits centrally for some soldiers (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unit

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'some soldiers' is the definition.
(unit can mean a group of soldiers )

'fund kits centrally' is the wordplay.
'fund' becomes 'un' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'centrally' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'kits' are 'it'.
'un'+'it'='UNIT'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for unit that I've seen before include "Operational team" , "Subdivision of a military group" , "Quantity chosen as standard, or individual thing" , "One; military group" , "Single element; one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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