Cut loss caused by plague creators (7)
I believe the answer is:
locusts
'plague creators' is the definition.
I know that 'plague' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are plural nouns
'cut loss caused' is the wordplay.
'caused' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'causing' mean this).
'cut'+'loss'='cutloss'
'cutloss' is an anagram of 'LOCUSTS'.
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locusts that I've seen before include "Destructive grasshoppers" , "Strippers" , "Grasshoppers of warm regions" , "can be a plague" .)