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Soldiers who make mine? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

diggers

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'soldiers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'make mine?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'mine?' could be 'dig' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'dig' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'who' is the link.

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(Another definition for diggers that I've seen is " Those down under".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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