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Mate, armed, assembling perfect ensemble (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dream team

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'perfect ensemble' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'mate armed assembling' is the wordplay.
'assembling' is an anagram indicator.
'mate'+'armed'='matearmed'
'matearmed' anagrammed gives 'DREAM TEAM'.

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(Other definitions for dream team that I've seen before include "Group considered as perfect for a given task" , "Ideal combination" , "An ideal mix of people" , "Perfect combination of people for a task" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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