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Three wise men not in line (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maginot

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'line' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'three wise men not' is the wordplay.
'three wise men' becomes 'magi' (I've seen this before).
'magi'+'not'='MAGINOT'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for maginot that I've seen before include "French war minister after whom a defensive line was named" , "Defensive line in World War II" , "Fr. World War two defensive line" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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