A quote about soldiers recalled some sexy writing (7)
I believe the answer is:
erotica
'some sexy writing' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a quote about soldiers recalled' is the wordplay.
'quote' becomes 'cite' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'quote'**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'soldiers' becomes 'or' (Other Rank).
'recalled' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'cite'='acite'
'acite' placed around 'or' is 'acitore'.
'acitore' backwards is 'EROTICA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for erotica that I've seen before include "works to stimulate passion?" , "Sexually explicit art" , "Sexual writings and pictures" , "sexy stuff" , "Arousing literature or art" .)