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Soldier one is not in favour of? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anti

'not in favour of?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'soldier one' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'ant' (soldier is a type of ant).
'one' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'ant'+'i'='ANTI'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for anti that I've seen before include "One who is against (something)" , "Policy's opponent" , "Who pooh-poohs all" , "Prefix meaning against" , "Naysayer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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