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Philosopher working for detachment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

platoon

'detachment' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'philosopher working' is the wordplay.
'philosopher' becomes 'plato' (Plato is an example).
'working' becomes 'on'.
'plato'+'on'='PLATOON'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for platoon that I've seen before include "Group of soldiers" , "Soldiers under lieutenant" , "detail" , "Subdivision of a company" , "Military squad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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