Talented soldier meets Financial Times editor (6)
I believe the answer is:
gifted
'talented' is the definition.
(I know that talented can be written as gifted)
'soldier meets financial times editor' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'gi' (GI can mean a US soldier).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'financial times' becomes 'FT' (abbreviation).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'gi'+'ft'+'ed'='GIFTED'
(Other definitions for gifted that I've seen before include "Endowed with talent" , "With high talent" , "unusually clever" , "Talented, having great natural ability" , "Exceptionally clever" .)