Right! In condition? Soldiers at last get a tactician (10)

I believe the answer is:

strategist

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'a tactician' is the definition.
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'right in condition? soldiers at last' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'R' (common abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'condition?' becomes 'state' (condition is a kind of state).
'soldiers at last' becomes 'gist' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'r' going into 'state' is 'strate'.
'strate'+'gist'='STRATEGIST'

'get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for strategist that I've seen before include "Expert on the art of planning war" , "general" , "Long-term planner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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