Recalling marines on strike, one could sound the reveille (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

alarm clock

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'one could sound the reveille' is the definition.
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'recalling marines on strike' is the wordplay.
'recalling' becomes 'a la' ('a la' something means in a way reminiscent of it).
'marines' becomes 'RM' (abbreviation for 'Royal Marines').
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'strike' becomes 'clock' (clock can informally mean to hit someone).
'ala'+'rm'+'clock'='ALARM-CLOCK'

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(Other definitions for alarm clock that I've seen before include "Morning rouser" , "Wake-up timepiece" , "TimeWarner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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