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At first sister-in-law returns and resides among Irish people, perhaps, and musicians (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cellists

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'musicians' is the definition.
(cellist is a kind of musician)

'at first sister-in-law returns and resides among irish people perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'first' could be 'ist' (ist resembles 1st) and 'ist' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cells' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cellists that I've seen before include "String players" , "Julian Lloyd Weber and Jacqueline du Pre, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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