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Inquisitor in call for truce on island (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paxman

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'inquisitor in call' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'for truce on island' is the wordplay.
'for truce' becomes 'pax' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'island' becomes 'Man' (the Isle of Man is an example).
'pax'+'man'='PAXMAN'

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(Other definitions for paxman that I've seen before include "Jeremy - - (TV)" , "He interviews" .)

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