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Officer uncovered Kamala Harris in disguise (3,7)

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I believe the answer is:

air marshal

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'officer' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'uncovered kamala harris in disguise' is the wordplay.
'uncovered' says to take the centre.
'in disguise' is an anagram indicator.
The central letters of 'kamala' are 'amal'.
'amal'+'harris'='amalharris'
'amalharris' is an anagram of 'AIR-MARSHAL'.

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(Other definitions for air marshal that I've seen before include "RAF officer" , "Senior air force officer" .)

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