Cryptic crossword clue
Soldiers using new range in groups 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SERGEANTS

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The straight part
We know that "Soldiers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case soldiers = sergeants.
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What does SERGEANTS mean?

SERGEANTS noun
  1. UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
  2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
  3. A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
  4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign.
  5. A fish, the cobia.
  6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the of the genus Athyma; distinguished from the false sergeants.
  7. A bailiff.
  8. A servant in monastic offices.

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