Former boys making minor alterations (4)
I believe the answer is:
mods
This might be a double definition.
'former boys' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'minor alterations' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mods that I've seen before include "Highland festivals; Oxford exams" , ". . . . and rockers, youth subcultures in the 1960s" , "1960s' youth subculture involving motor scooters" .)