### Clue: Soldier and sailor returning after leave (6,3)
### Answer: DESERT RAT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Soldier
 **Reversal of**(… returning) TAR(informal term for a sailor) **placed after**(after) DESERT(to leave/abandon).
Defn: … in the British Army armoured division that fought in the Egyptian and Libyan deserts in WWII.