Official woman tempted by soldiers (5)
I believe the answer is:
reeve
'official' is the definition.
(I know that reeve is a type of official)
'woman tempted by soldiers' is the wordplay.
'woman tempted' becomes 'eve'.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'soldiers' becomes 'RE' (Royal Engineers).
'eve' after 're' is 'REEVE'.
(Other definitions for reeve that I've seen before include "Bailiff, steward" , "Old magistrate or official" , "US actor" , "Old-style magistrate" , "magistrate of long ago" .)