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Military personnel regulate fake news? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orderlies

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'military personnel regulate fake news?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'regulate fake news?' is the wordplay.
'regulate' becomes 'order' ('order' can be a synonym of 'regulate').
'fake news?' becomes 'lies' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'order'+'lies'='ORDERLIES'

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(Other definitions for orderlies that I've seen before include "Military or hospital attendants" , "Solderer I join as soldiers who do errands for officers" , "Soldiers attending superior officers" , "Hospital attendants or soldiers working for officers" , "Servants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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