What does the cryptic crossword clue "Poets, we hear, making clangers? (10)" mean?

The definition is "clangers?". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Sounds like (‘we hear’) SYMBOLISTS (‘poets’, of a style pioneered by Baudelaire) The answer is CYMBALISTS.

Poets, we hear, making clangers? (10)

Guardian Cryptic #29056 | 6 Down | 2023-04-28 flower

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