The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CAMERAMEN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CAMERAMEN
- Fellows who may shoot others without killing them
- People working in studio arrived before artist cut list of options
- Shooters arrived with regular army soldiers
- Photographers showed up with noodle soup
- Guys who shoot arrived with some noodle soup
- Photographers arrived with noodle soup
- Movie crew showed up with Asian noodles
- Film crew arrived with noodle soup
- TV crew arrived right before prayer's end
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The straight part
We know that "Fellows who may shoot others without killing them" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fellows who may shoot others without killing them = cameramen.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CAMERAMEN mean?
CAMERAMEN noun- Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.