Female soldier accepting line from escort? (7)
I believe the answer is:
gallant
'escort?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'female soldier accepting line' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'gal' (gal is a kind of female**).
'soldier' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'gal'+'ant'='galant'
'galant' placed around 'l' is 'GALLANT'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for gallant that I've seen before include "Dashing gentleman" , "Chivalrous - dashing" , "Courtly" , "Noble, chivalrous" , "Dashing, debonair young man" .)