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Those waiting to fight in the army? Mostly workers! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

servants

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'those waiting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fight in the army? mostly workers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'workers' could be 'ants' (I've seen this before) and 'ants' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for servants that I've seen before include "Household staff" , "They look after the personal needs of others" , "They're employed in the service of government" , "those waiting" , "Domestic staff" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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