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Soldiers and supporter entering in test (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infantry

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

'supporter entering in test' is the wordplay.
'supporter' becomes 'fan' (fan is a kind of supporter).
'entering' indicates putting letters inside.
'test' becomes 'try' ('try' can be a synonym of 'test').
'in'+'try'='intry'
'fan' inserted into 'intry' is 'INFANTRY'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for infantry that I've seen before include "Men fighting" , "Unmounted fighters" , "Army unit of foot soldiers" , "Foot-soldiers" , "fighting group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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