Attentive soldier in Yeovil half-ignored another soldier? (8)
I believe the answer is:
vigilant
'attentive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'soldier in yeovil half-ignored another soldier?' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'GI' (term for US soldier).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'half ignored' indicates taking half.
'another soldier?' becomes 'ant' (soldier is a type of ant. I am not sure about the 'another' bit.).
'yeovil' cut in half is 'vil'.
'gi' placed within 'vil' is 'vigil'.
'vigil'+'ant'='VIGILANT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vigilant that I've seen before include "Keeping careful watch" , "Ever watchful" , "Watchful, on guard" , "On the lookout" , "Carefully observant or attentive" .)