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Involve volunteers in line-up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entail

'involve' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'volunteers in line-up' is the wordplay.
'volunteers' becomes 'ta' (abbreviation for Territorial Army).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'line' written backwards gives 'enil'.
'ta' placed inside 'enil' is 'ENTAIL'.

(Other definitions for entail that I've seen before include "Involve (something) as an inevitable consequence" , "Cause" , "Inalienable estate" , "Late in (anag.)" , "legal restriction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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