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Absconders are still in France, approaching south (6)

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'absconders' is the definition.
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'still in france approaching south' is the wordplay.
'still' becomes 'lee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'france' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation).
'approaching' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'south' becomes 'S' (synonyms).
'lee' inserted within 'fr' is 'fleer'.
'fleer'+'s'='FLEERS'

'are' acts as a link.

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