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Patient men on following carriage (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forbearing

'patient' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'men on following carriage' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'OR' (Other Ranks: non-commissioned soldiers).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'following' becomes 'f' (used when citing page numbers etc).
'carriage' becomes 'bearing' (synonyms).
'or' put after 'f' is 'for'.
'for'+'bearing'='FORBEARING'

(Other definitions for forbearing that I've seen before include "Patient, restrained" , "Understanding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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