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Be a spokesman for the engineers here

Ross

I believe the answer is:

represent

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'be a spokesman' is the definition.
'represent' can be an answer for 'be' (I know that represent is a type of be). I'm not sure about the 'a spokesman' bit.

'engineers here' is the wordplay.
'engineers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'here' becomes 'present' (similar in meaning).
're'+'present'='REPRESENT'

'for the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for represent that I've seen before include "show" , "Act for" , "Play the part" , "Ambassadors do it" , "Explain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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