I deal with basic training in general (10)

I believe the answer is:

alcibiades

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'general' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'i deal with basic training' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'training' is an anagram indicator (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'i'+'deal'='ideal'
'ideal' after 'basic' is 'basicideal'.
'basicideal' with letters rearranged gives 'ALCIBIADES'.

'in' acts as a link.

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