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Briefs: they hinder union, Stone admitted (10)

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barristers

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'briefs they' is the definition.
The definition suggests a plural noun which matches the answer.

'hinder union stone admitted' is the wordplay.
'hinder union' becomes 'barriers' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stone' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'admitted' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are admitted in).
'barriers' placed around 'st' is 'BARRISTERS'.

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(Other definitions for barristers that I've seen before include "they stand up in court?" , "Lawyers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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