Movies showing spies framing soldiers from the East (6)
I believe the answer is:
cinema
'movies' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'spies framing soldiers from the east' is the wordplay.
'spies' becomes 'cia'.
'framing' is an insertion indicator.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'from the east' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'men' reversed gives 'nem'.
'cia' enclosing 'nem' is 'CINEMA'.
'showing' is the link.
(Other definitions for cinema that I've seen before include "Local form of language" , "Odeon perhaps" , "Movies, pictures" , "Where films are shown" , "The flicks" .)