Soldier in regiment from Red State? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ranger
'soldier' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'regiment from red state?' is the wordplay.
'regiment from red' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'state?' becomes 'anger' (anger is a kind of state).
'r'+'anger'='RANGER'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranger that I've seen before include "Park warden" , "Forest or park keeper" , "Keeper of national park or Texas policeman" , "Park/forest keeper" , "National park officer" .)