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Groups of musicians supporting women opening snack bars (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

brass bands

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'groups of musicians' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'supporting women opening snack bars' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'bars' is 'bras' which is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for brass bands that I've seen is " Groups of musicians".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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