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Take back the engineers' pamphlet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retract

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

'engineers' pamphlet' is the wordplay.
'engineers'' becomes 'RE' (Royal Engineers).
'pamphlet' becomes 'tract' (synonyms).
're'+'tract'='RETRACT'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Take back (statement)" , "Withdraw (offer, statement etc)" , "Take back or draw in" , "Reverse" , "Withdraw, take back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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