Awkward customers restrict canal, milling around (13)
I believe the answer is:
recalcitrants
'awkward customers' is the definition.
(a recalcitrant is an awkward or stubborn person)
'restrict canal milling around' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'ca' (circa) and 'ca' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
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