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Article by Home Counties people here? (5)

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these

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'people here?' is the definition.
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'article by home counties' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'home counties' becomes 'se'.
'the'+'se'='THESE'

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(Other definitions for these that I've seen before include "See 13" , "The items indicated here" , "This lot" , "The persons or things here" , "He set (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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