They fly from Madrid, possibly in true style up front (3,8)
I believe the answer is:
red admirals
'they' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'fly from madrid possibly in true style up front' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'madrid' is 'dadmir' which is located in the answer.
'true' could be 'real' ('real' can be similar in meaning to 'true') and 'real' is found within the leftover letters.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for red admirals that I've seen before include "Insects" , "Butterflies" .)