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Impartial peacekeepers stationed around India (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unbiased

'impartial' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'peacekeepers stationed around india' is the wordplay.
'peacekeepers' becomes 'UN' (United Nations, peacekeeping organisation).
'stationed' becomes 'based' ('base' can be a synonym of 'station').
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'based' placed around 'i' is 'biased'.
'un'+'biased'='UNBIASED'

(Other definitions for unbiased that I've seen before include "Not favouring one side or the other" , "Impartial" , "fair" , "Not partial or prejudiced" , "Not prejudiced or partisan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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