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Blokes confined by very big threats (5)

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I believe the answer is:

omens

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'threats' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'blokes confined by very big' is the wordplay.
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'confined by' is an insertion indicator.
'very big' becomes 'os' (abbreviation for outsize).
'men' put into 'os' is 'OMENS'.

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(Other definitions for omens that I've seen before include "Signs or warnings for the future" , "Portents, prophetic signs" , "Prognostications" , "Augurs" , "Auguries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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