War cries winding companies up? (8)

I believe the answer is:

aircrews

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'war cries winding companies up?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'war cries winding' is the wordplay.
'winding' indicates an anagram.
'war'+'cries'='warcries'
'warcries' with letters rearranged gives 'AIRCREWS'.

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