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The fatheads fed furs out! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duffers

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'the fatheads' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'fed furs out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'fed'+'furs'='fedfurs'
'fedfurs' with letters rearranged gives 'DUFFERS'.

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