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Officer is back, confusing mad liar (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rear admiral

'officer' is the definition.
(I know that rear admiral is a type of officer)

'back confusing mad liar' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'rear' (something's rear is its back).
'confusing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mad'+'liar'='madliar'
'madliar' is an anagram of 'admiral'.
'rear'+'admiral'='REAR-ADMIRAL'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for rear admiral that I've seen before include "Top brass" , "navy bigwig" , "Naval rank above commodore" , "Naval officer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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