Some in pride twirling crude capes (9)

I believe the answer is:

lionesses

'some in pride' is the definition.
(as in a pride of lions)

'twirling crude capes' is the wordplay.
'twirling' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'crude' becomes 'oil' (I've seen this in other clues).
'capes' becomes 'nesses' ('ness' can be a synonym of 'cape').
'oil' backwards is 'lio'.
'lio'+'nesses'='LIONESSES'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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