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Gunners in base not needing to be called to attention (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ignorable

'not needing to be called to attention' is the definition.

'gunners in base' is the wordplay.
'gunners' becomes 'ra' (Royal Artillery).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'base' becomes 'ignoble' ('ignoble' can be similar in meaning to 'base'**).
'ra' placed within 'ignoble' is 'IGNORABLE'.

(Another definition for ignorable that I've seen is " not worth considering?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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