The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word EXTRACTORS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result EXTRACTORS
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The straight part
We know that "Fans" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fans = extractors.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EXTRACTORS mean?
EXTRACTORS noun- Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
- An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.
- A centrifugal drying machine.
- (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
- A particular kind of bipartite graph.
- A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.