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Neutral international power controlled by military (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impartial

'neutral' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'international power controlled by military' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'international' could be 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'power' could be 'art' (art is a kind of power) and 'art' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for impartial that I've seen before include "Objective" , "Unbiased" , "Fair, unprejudiced" , "Disinterested" , "Treating all rivals equally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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