Beastly types love to interfere with data (6)
I believe the answer is:
stoats
'beastly types' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'love to interfere with data' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'data' could be 'stats' (statistics are a kind of data) and 'stats' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoats that I've seen before include "Weasel-like mammals" , "In winter, they're known as ermines" , "European ermines" , "Short-tailed weasels" , "Their chestnut coats turn white in winter" .)