Sign outside Malaysian capital for lots of soldiers (6)
I believe the answer is:
armies
'lots of soldiers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'sign outside malaysian capital' is the wordplay.
'sign' becomes 'Aries' (star sign).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'capital' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'malaysian' is 'm'.
'aries' going around 'm' is 'ARMIES'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armies that I've seen before include "Hosts" , "Fighting forces" , "Large groups of soldiers" , "Multitudes" , "Bodies of people organised for war" .)