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Significance of word from Paris about soldiers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moment

'significance' is the definition.
(moment is a kind of significance)

'word from paris about soldiers' is the wordplay.
'word from paris' becomes 'mot' ('word' in French).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'mot' going around 'men' is 'MOMENT'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for moment that I've seen before include "Occasion" , "Second, importance" , "The present Maureen intended, we hear" , "A very brief portion of time" , "Significance; minute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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