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Battery units? (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

cells

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'battery units' is the definition.
'cells' can be an answer for 'units' (cell is a kind of unit). I'm unsure of the 'battery' bit.

'battery units' is the wordplay.
'battery' becomes 'C battery' (C battery is an example).
'units' becomes 'ells' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'c'+'ells'='CELLS'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for cells that I've seen before include "terrorist groups" , "Mobile phone in the US" , "Accommodation for prisoners" , "Rooms for prisoners" , "Basic structural units of all organisms" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the Evening Standard.
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