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Region lay around the old soldier (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legionary

'the old soldier' is the definition.

'region lay around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'region'+'lay'='regionlay'
'regionlay' anagrammed gives 'LEGIONARY'.

(Another definition for legionary that I've seen is " soldier".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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