Attendants possibly back to back (5)
I believe the answer is:
pages
'attendants' is the definition.
(page is a kind of attendant)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pages that I've seen before include "Boy attendants" , "Sheets of a book" , "Book leaves" , "See 16" , "Young attendants" .)