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Soldiers shouting possibly when receiving a command (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordain

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'command' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'soldiers shouting possibly when receiving a' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 'OR' (Other Ranks).
'shouting possibly' becomes 'din' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'when receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'din' going around 'a' is 'dain'.
'or'+'dain'='ORDAIN'

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(Other definitions for ordain that I've seen before include "Destine" , "Make a decree" , "Invest with priestly authority" , "Lay down (law)" , "Appoint - admit to holy orders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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