The big man in the sky is sent up by small men (4)
I believe the answer is:
dogs
'men' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'the big man in the sky is sent up by small' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dog' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dogs that I've seen before include "Hounds" , "eg 27 terriers" , "Persistently follows" , "Pursues" , "Canines" .)