Those paid by the Western Times? (5)
I believe the answer is:
wages
'those paid' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'by the western times?' is the wordplay.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the western' becomes 'w'.
'times?' becomes 'ages' (age is a kind of time).
'w' put next to 'ages' is 'WAGES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wages that I've seen before include "Earnings for work - or of sin" , "Salaries" , "Worker's earnings" , "Salary" , "Carries on" .)