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Stung by soldiers finding range (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orbit

'range' is the definition.
('orbit' can be a synonym of 'range')

'stung by soldiers' is the wordplay.
'stung' becomes 'bit' ('bit' can be a synonym of 'stung').
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'soldiers' becomes 'or' (Other Rank**).
'bit' put after 'or' is 'ORBIT'.

'finding' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orbit that I've seen before include "Revolution" , "Rotating path" , "Go round" , "Field of influence" , "Sort of circuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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