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Artilleryman given huge sum, heading off stronger (10)

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I believe the answer is:

bombardier

'artilleryman' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'huge sum heading off stronger' is the wordplay.
'huge sum' becomes 'bomb' (bomb can mean a huge sum of money).
'heading off' means to remove the first letter.
'stronger' becomes 'hardier' (hardy can mean fit or strong).
'hardier' with its first letter removed is 'ardier'.
'bomb'+'ardier'='BOMBARDIER'

'given' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bombardier that I've seen before include "NCO" , "Royal Artillery soldier" , "Artillery rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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