Attila perhaps reportedly fears veteran divisions (8)
I believe the answer is:
hundreds
'veteran divisions' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'attila perhaps reportedly fears' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'attila' could be 'hun' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'hun' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hundreds that I've seen before include "See 10" , "Scores" , "See 7" , "old political divisions" , "Centuries" .)