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Nice soldiers with a bit of style (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tasty

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'nice' is the definition.
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'soldiers with a bit of style' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 'TA' (abbreviation for Territorial Army).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit of style' becomes 'sty' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ta'+'sty'='TASTY'

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(Other definitions for tasty that I've seen before include "Having good flavour" , "Scrumptious" , "Palatable" , "Delicious" , "Appetizing" .)

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