Talented soldier meets Financial Times editor (6)
I believe the answer is:
gifted
'talented' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'soldier meets financial times editor' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'gi' (term for US soldier).
'meets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'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" .)