Somewhere for the ordinary soldier to live? (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
private lives
'somewhere for the ordinary soldier to live?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'somewhere for the ordinary soldier to live?' is the wordplay.
'somewhere' becomes 's' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the ordinary soldier' becomes 'private' (I've seen this before).
'private'+'live'='privatelive'
's' put after 'privatelive' is 'PRIVATE LIVES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for private lives that I've seen before include "Noel Coward comedy" , "stage entertainment" , "Play by Noel Coward" .)