People taking a victory, soldier back in map-reading (10)
I believe the answer is:
navigation
'in map-reading' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'people taking a victory soldier back' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'nation' ().
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'victory' becomes 'v'.
'soldier' becomes 'GI' (GI can mean a US soldier).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'gi' back-to-front is 'ig'.
'a'+'v'+'ig'='avig'
'nation' going around 'avig' is 'NAVIGATION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for navigation that I've seen before include "directing" , "cut" , "Sailing" , "Cruising" , "a canal in the Midlands" .)