I landed into ragtag army (so called) (8)
I believe the answer is:
military
'called' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'i landed into ragtag army' is the wordplay.
'landed' becomes 'lit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'ragtag army' becomes 'mary' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'lit'='ilit'
'ilit' put inside 'mary' is 'MILITARY'.
'so' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for military that I've seen before include "Relating to the army" , "Related to soldiering" , "in the field" , "soldierly" , "Relating to armed forces" .)