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Military unit cold or hot on manoeuvres (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cohort

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'military unit' is the definition.
'cohort' can be an answer for 'unit' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'military' bit.

'cold or hot on manoeuvres' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'on manoeuvres' is an anagram indicator (the letters manoeuvre into a new form).
'or'+'hot'='orhot'
'orhot' with letters rearranged gives 'ohort'.
'c'+'ohort'='COHORT'

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(Other definitions for cohort that I've seen before include "Unit of Roman soldiers - group of people of same age" , "Sidekick" , "Tenth part of a Roman legion" , "team of soldiers" , "One tenth of a Roman legion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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