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Regular join should include one? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soldier

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'regular' is the definition.
(regular can mean a regular soldier)

'join should include one?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one?' could be 'i' (roman numeral) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'join' could be 'solder' (soldering is a kind of joining) and 'solder' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for soldier that I've seen before include "Army fighter" , "Server in army" , "Strip of toast to go with a boiled egg" , "Member of a fighting force" , "Military person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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