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Mature soldier follows revolutionary paramilitaries (5)

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I believe the answer is:

adult

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'mature' is the definition.
('adult' can be similar in meaning to 'mature')

'soldier follows revolutionary paramilitaries' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'soldier' could be 'lt' and 'lt' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for adult that I've seen before include "I wasn't born yesterday" , "Older person" , "Mature, fully-grown" , "Person of mature age" , "Full-grown" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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