Active soldier taking the beer round (5)
I believe the answer is:
agile
'active' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'soldier taking the beer round' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'soldier' could be 'gi' (term for US soldier) and 'gi' is found within the answer.
'beer' could be 'ale' (type of beer) and 'ale' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agile that I've seen before include "Flexible" , "Mentally acute" , "Spry - energetic" , "Nimble, supple" , "Nifty" .)