In favour of US soldier getting very fit — it's easily excused (10)
I believe the answer is:
forgivable
'easily excused' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs sometimes mean the same thing.
'in favour of us soldier getting very fit' is the wordplay.
'in favour of' becomes 'for' (I've seen this before).
'us soldier' becomes 'gi' (I've seen this in other clues).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'fit' becomes 'able' ('able' can be similar in meaning to 'fit'**).
'for'+'gi'+'v'+'able'='FORGIVABLE'
'it's' acts as a link.
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