His accommodating soldiers, implies rents (5)
I believe the answer is:
hires
'rents' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'his accommodating soldiers' is the wordplay.
'accommodating' is an insertion indicator.
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'his' placed around 're' is 'HIRES'.
'implies' is the link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hires that I've seen before include "Charters" , "Employs or rents" .)