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Balance by right man's bookkeepers? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

librarians

'bookkeepers?' is the definition.
(librarians look after books)

'balance by right man's' is the wordplay.
'balance' becomes 'libra' (the Scales in the zodiac).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'man's' becomes 'ians' (man's name).
'libra'+'r'+'ians'='LIBRARIANS'

(Another definition for librarians that I've seen is " Larkin and colleagues".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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