He is forced to serve in a private capacity (9)

I believe the answer is:

conscript

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'he is forced to serve in a private capacity' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he is forced to serve' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Con'.
'is forced to serve' becomes 'script' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'con'+'script'='CONSCRIPT'

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(Other definitions for conscript that I've seen before include "Person drafted into military service" , "Enlist compulsorily" , "One enrolled" , "One compulsorily enlisted" , "Enrol for compulsory service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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