Reduced minister incomes for allies? (9)
I believe the answer is:
compadres
'incomes for allies?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'reduced minister' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'minister' could be 'padre' (I've seen this before) and 'padre' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'coms' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for compadres that I've seen is " Friends".)