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Return of police force? A day is not settled (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nomadic

'is not settled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'return of police force? a day' is the wordplay.
'return of' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'police force?' becomes 'CID' (Criminal Investigation Department).
'day' becomes 'mon' (abbreviation for Monday).
'cid'+'a'+'mon'='cidamon'
'cidamon' written backwards gives 'NOMADIC'.

(Other definitions for nomadic that I've seen before include "migrant" , "Unsettled" , "It's just like Rover" , "Migratory" , "Perhaps unsettling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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