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Rival, once neat, is upset with conscription (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

national service

'conscription' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rival once neat is upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rival'+'once'+'neat'+'is'='rivalonceneatis'
'rivalonceneatis' with letters rearranged gives 'NATIONAL SERVICE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for national service that I've seen before include "In a period with the military" , "Compulsory period in the forces" , "Period of peacetime conscription" , "What conscripts had to do" , "Period of compulsory conscription" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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