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Join military group, to a point (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unite

'join' is the definition.
(I know that join can be written as unite)

'military group to a point' is the wordplay.
'military group' becomes 'unit' (group of soldiers).
'to a point' becomes 'e' (compass point).
'unit'+'e'='UNITE'

(Other definitions for unite that I've seen before include "Put together" , "fuse" , "Wed?" , "pool resources" , "Marry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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