Insect damage is found on backstreet, reveal researchers (10)
I believe the answer is:
scientists
'researchers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'insect damage is found on backstreet' is the wordplay.
'damage' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'damaged' mean this).
'found on backstreet' becomes 'ts' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'insect' anagrammed gives 'scient'.
'scient'+'is'+'ts'='SCIENTISTS'
'reveal' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scientists that I've seen before include "Boffins" , "Insects sit (anag.)" , "Eg, physicists, biologists" , "They study" .)