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Knights perhaps caught treacherous nazi soldiers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chessmen

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'knights perhaps' is the definition.
(knight is a kind of chessman)

'caught treacherous nazi soldiers' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'treacherous nazi' becomes 'hess' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'treacherous' bit.).
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'c'+'hess'+'men'='CHESSMEN'

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(Other definitions for chessmen that I've seen before include "Knights, bishops, rooks etc" , "Bishops and knights, say" , "'Bishops, pawns etc (8)'" , "Pawns, knights, bishops etc - males only" , "Board pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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