Cryptic crossword clue
Allies ring spies to intercept foreign assets 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ASSOCIATES

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The straight part
We know that "Allies" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case allies = associates.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ASSOCIATES mean?

ASSOCIATES noun
  1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
  3. A companion; a comrade.
  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
  6. One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
ASSOCIATES verb
  1. To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  2. To spend time socially; keep company.
  3. (with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  4. To connect or join together; combine.
  5. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
  6. (in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
  7. To be associative.
  8. To accompany; to be in the company of.

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