Sild and roe prepared in private? (7)
I believe the answer is:
soldier
'private?' is the definition.
(I know that private is a type of private)
'sild and roe prepared' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'sild'+'roe'='sildroe'
'sildroe' anagrammed gives 'SOLDIER'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for soldier that I've seen before include "Member of army" , "Server in army" , "Person serving in army" , "Tommy Atkins or GI Joe?" , "serviceman" .)