Disposition of soldiers in eastern desert after work, for a while (11)
I believe the answer is:
temperament
'disposition' is the definition.
(I know that disposition can be written as temperament)
'soldiers in eastern desert after work for a while' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'eastern desert' becomes 'erat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'work for a while' becomes 'temp' (to work as a temp).
'men' inserted into 'erat' is 'erament'.
'erament' put after 'temp' is 'TEMPERAMENT'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for temperament that I've seen before include "A person's nature as it affects behaviour" , "Piano tuning; character" , "Disposition; tuning adjustment" , "Person's nature; adjustment in piano tuning" , "Personality" .)