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Unproductive time up for body of soldiers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

troop

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

'unproductive time up' is the wordplay.
'unproductive' becomes 'poor' (synonyms).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'poor'+'t'='poort'
'poort' in reverse letter order is 'TROOP'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for troop that I've seen before include "Group of people or animals" , "Flock; Scout group" , "Group of, eg, monkeys" , "A company of people, soldiers or scouts" , "Group of kangaroos" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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