Director delivers plays for parachutists (3,6)

I believe the answer is:

red devils

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'parachutists' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'director delivers plays' is the wordplay.
'director' becomes 'd' (abbreviation eg in film reviews).
'plays' indicates anagramming the letters.
'd'+'delivers'='ddelivers'
'ddelivers' anagrammed gives 'RED DEVILS'.

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for red devils that I've seen is " fall guys!".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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