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Soldier meets retiring girl, dish perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antenna

'dish perhaps' is the definition.
(dish is a kind of antenna)

'soldier meets retiring girl' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'retiring' says the letters should be written backwards.
'girl' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before).
'anne' backwards is 'enna'.
'ant'+'enna'='ANTENNA'

(Other definitions for antenna that I've seen before include "Radio aerial" , "sensitive feeler" , "Insect's feeler" , "Insect's sensory appendage" , "Aerial - insect feeler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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