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Appearance of first person saved by soldiers (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mien

'appearance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'first person saved by soldiers' is the wordplay.
'first person' becomes 'I' (first-person pronoun).
'saved by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'i' going within 'men' is 'MIEN'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for mien that I've seen before include "Dignified manner" , "Facial expression sounds miserly" , "person's look" , "Appearance, bearing" , "A manner like mine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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