Plates so arranged for Last Supper men (8)
I believe the answer is:
apostles
'last supper men' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'plates so arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters (letters rearranged).
'plates'+'so'='platesso'
'platesso' anagrammed gives 'APOSTLES'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apostles that I've seen before include "Disciples chosen by Jesus" , "The Twelve - or a Cambridge society" , "Jesus's disciples" , "Followers or faith teachers - the Gospels name 12" , "They were sent by Christ to teach the Gospel" .)