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Pass for an officer (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

col

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'pass' is the first definition.
(col is a kind of pass)

'an officer' is the second definition.
(short for colonel)

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for col that I've seen before include "Mountain defile" , "Low point of a ridge" , "A pass between mountain peaks" , "Somewhere up on the mountain" , "Lowest point of ridge between two peaks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Evening Standard.
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