Soldiers caught wombat out west, and insects (10)
I believe the answer is:
combatants
'soldiers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'caught wombat out west and insects' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'out' is a deletion indicator.
'west' becomes 'W' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'insects' becomes 'ants' (ant is a kind of insect).
'wombat' with 'w' removed is 'ombat'.
'c'+'ombat'+'ants'='COMBATANTS'
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