They care for others (8)
I believe the answer is:
trustees
'they' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'care for others' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'care' could be 'trust' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'trust' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trustees that I've seen before include "They hold and administer property etc for others" , "They manage money or property for someone else" , "One manages money or property for someone else" , "Those who manage something for the benefit of others" .)