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Military officer, it's said, in centre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kernel

'centre' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'military officer it's said' is the wordplay.
'military officer' becomes 'colonel' (colonel is a kind of military officer).
'it's said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'colonel' is a homophone of 'KERNEL'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for kernel that I've seen before include "Inner part of a seed, the heart of the matter" , "Hard centre of nut" , "Nuts and bolts" , "Inner seed of nut" , "Essential part" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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