People who run things possibly ran games (8)
I believe the answer is:
managers
'people who run' is the definition.
'managers' can be an answer for 'people' (manager is a kind of person). I'm not certain of the remainder of the definition.
'possibly ran games' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ran'+'games'='rangames'
'rangames' with letters rearranged gives 'MANAGERS'.
'things' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for managers that I've seen before include "Coping" , "Executives, overseers" , "Sports team chiefs" , "Executives, administrators" .)