Report soldiers in mess close to revolt (9)
I believe the answer is:
statement
'report' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'soldiers in mess close to revolt' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers) and 'men' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statement that I've seen before include "Proclamation" , "Assertion" , "bulletin" , "Spoken or written declaration" , "revelation" .)