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Rogue's name for a former army corps (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rascal

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'rogue's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'name for a former army corps' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'Cal'.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a former army corps' becomes 'ras' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cal' put after 'ras' is 'RASCAL'.

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(Other definitions for rascal that I've seen before include "Lascar (anag.)" , "Mischievous or cheeky child" , "Rogue of a lascar" , "A mischievous and maybe dishonest person" , "Impudent person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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