Corps fails: countermeasures? (8)
I believe the answer is:
remedies
'countermeasures?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'corps fails' is the wordplay.
'corps' becomes 'reme' (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers).
'fails' becomes 'dies' ('die' can be a synonym of 'fail').
'reme'+'dies'='REMEDIES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for remedies that I've seen before include "drugs?" , "Cures and corrections" , "repairs" .)