### Clue: Catch WWII performers entertaining new soldiers (7)
### Answer: ENSNARE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Catch
 ENSA(abbrev. for the Entertainments National Service Association, an organisation that provided entertainment to Word War II British military personnel/WWII performers) **containing**(entertaining) N(abbrev. for "new") + RE(abbrev. for "Royal Engineers", a corps in the British Army/soldiers). Nice surface.