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Marched from military store, rounding men up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trooped

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'marched' is the definition.
(trooping is a kind of marching)

'military store rounding men up' is the wordplay.
'military store' becomes 'depot' (depot can mean a store or warehouse. I am not sure about the 'military' bit.).
'rounding' indicates putting letters inside.
'men' becomes 'OR' (military abbreviation for Other Ranks).
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'depot' going around 'or' is 'depoort'.
'depoort' in reverse letter order is 'TROOPED'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for trooped that I've seen before include "Paraded" , "Went as a body" , "Moved in a body, like soldiers with colours" , "Marched in a procession" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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