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Officers bending rigid sabre (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brigadiers

'officers' is the definition.
(brigadier is a kind of officer)

'bending rigid sabre' is the wordplay.
'bending' indicates an anagram.
'rigid'+'sabre'='rigidsabre'
'rigidsabre' with letters rearranged gives 'BRIGADIERS'.

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