Attendants dashed out carrying incense? On the contrary (9)
I believe the answer is:
entourage
'attendants' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'dashed out carrying incense? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
'dashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'incense? on the contrary' becomes 'enrage' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'out' is an anagram of 'tou'.
'tou' placed inside 'enrage' is 'ENTOURAGE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entourage that I've seen before include "Support team" , "Staff" , "Group of followers" , "Following" , "Ego nature found in accompanying group" .)