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Small child taking railway from foot-soldiers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infant

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

'railway from foot-soldiers' is the wordplay.
'railway' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation).
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'foot-soldiers' becomes 'infantry' (I've seen this before).
'infantry' with 'ry' taken out is 'INFANT'.

'taking' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for infant that I've seen before include "Tiny baby" , "Thing in early stage; minor (legal)" , "Wee one" , "Juvenile" , "Very young child or baby" .)

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