US soldier to employ very quiet English or Italian? (8)
I believe the answer is:
giuseppe
'italian?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'us soldier to employ very quiet english' is the wordplay.
'us soldier' becomes 'gi' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to employ' becomes 'use' ('use' can be a synonym of 'employ').
'very quiet' becomes 'pp'.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'gi'+'use'+'pp'+'e'='GIUSEPPE'
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for giuseppe that I've seen before include "- - Verdi" , "Verdi's first name" .)