Military leader not yet promoted? Leader of regiment for 31 days (7)

Independent Cryptic #12227 | 30 Across | 2025-12-16
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

OC (abbreviation for Officer Commanding = military leader) + TO BE (future but not yet, suggesting that the officer has not yet been promoted to OC) + leading letter of R [egiment].

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