Military commander bagging English officer for squad in Scotland (6)
I believe the answer is:
celtic
'squad in scotland' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'military commander bagging english officer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'officer' could be 'lt' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'lt' is found in the answer.
'commander' could be 'cic' (abbreviation for commander in chief) and 'cic' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for celtic that I've seen before include "Glasgow football team" , "The race of ancient Gaels" , "Language group containing 14 & 15 across" , "Scottish club" , "Scottish football team" .)