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Rotter is gathering people together (6,6)

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compos mentis

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'together' is the definition.
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'rotter is gathering people' is the wordplay.
'rotter' becomes 'compost' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gathering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'people' becomes 'men' (men can refer to humanity as a whole).
'compost'+'is'='compostis'
'compostis' placed around 'men' is 'COMPOS MENTIS'.

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(Other definitions for compos mentis that I've seen before include "Of sound mind (Latin)" , "Capable of reasoning" , "Sane" .)

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