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Strange soldiers with time for scrap (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oddment

'for scrap' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'strange soldiers with time' is the wordplay.
'strange' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'odd'+'men'+'t'='ODDMENT'

(Other definitions for oddment that I've seen before include "Left over item" , "An isolated article, something left over" , "Just a bit left" , "Curiosity, peculiarity" , "One of a broken set" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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