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Supplies officer with fourth kind of tape (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

quartermaster

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'supplies officer' is the definition.
'quartermaster' can be an answer for 'officer' (quartermaster is a kind of officer). I'm not certain of the 'supplies' bit.

'with fourth kind of tape' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fourth' becomes 'quarter' (synonyms).
'kind of tape' becomes 'master' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'quarter' next to 'master' is 'QUARTERMASTER'.

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(Other definitions for quartermaster that I've seen before include "Naval offcer" , "Army ration keeper" , "Person in charge of military supplies" , "Regimental officer responsible for accommodation, food etc" , "Army officer responsible for administration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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