Make children soldiers for fascist leader (9)

I believe the answer is:

reproduce

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'make children' is the definition.
'reproduce' can be an answer for 'make' (reproducing is a kind of making). I'm not certain of the 'children' bit.

'soldiers for fascist leader' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'for' becomes 'pro' (as in being 'pro' something).
'fascist leader' becomes 'duce' (Duce is an example. I am not sure about the 'fascist' bit.).
're'+'pro'+'duce'='REPRODUCE'

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(Other definitions for reproduce that I've seen before include "Make a copy of (something)" , "Ape" , "Create offspring" , "[DOUBLE]" , "Make a child" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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