Female nags mate sent off with those classy types (8)
I believe the answer is:
students
'female nags' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'mate sent off with those classy types' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'sent' is 'ents' which is within the answer.
'classy' could be 'u' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'u' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'std' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for students that I've seen before include "Eg, undergraduates" , "Pupils at school, university etc" , "Sent dust to those who learn" , "School or university attendees" , "Pupils, learners" .)