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In other words, soldier over period accepting a right (10)

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I believe the answer is:

paraphrase

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'in other words' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'soldier over period accepting a right' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'soldier' could be 'para' (paratrooper) and 'para' is found in the answer.
'period' could be 'hr' (abbreviation for hour) and 'hr' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for paraphrase that I've seen before include "put differently" , "summary" , "free rendering" , "rewording" , "Express another way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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