They take special need cutting wild grass, endlessly (9)
I believe the answer is:
gardeners
'they' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'take special need cutting wild grass endlessly' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take').
'special' indicates an anagram.
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'need' is an anagram of 'dene'.
'r'+'dene'='rdene'
'grass' with its last letter removed is 'gras'.
'gras' is an anagram of 'gars'.
'rdene' going into 'gars' is 'GARDENERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gardeners that I've seen before include "Perhaps nursery workers" , "Land workers" .)