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Senior officer in company with a learner (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

col

'senior officer' is the definition.
(abbreviation for colonel)

'company with a learner' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'co'+'l'='COL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for col that I've seen before include "High mountain pass" , "Low point of a ridge" , "Officer" , "Young horse almost" , "Somewhere up on the mountain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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