Ashes following maiden for fellows? (7)
I believe the answer is:
members
'fellows?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'ashes following maiden' is the wordplay.
'ashes' becomes 'embers' (I've seen this before).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'embers' after 'm' is 'MEMBERS'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for members that I've seen before include "Parliamentarians" , "body..." , "People belonging" , "structural beams?" , "Limbs" .)