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Capital conditions for Australian cowboys (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stock riders

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'capital conditions for australian cowboys' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'capital conditions for australian cowboys' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'capital' could be 'stock' (stock is a kind of capital) and 'stock' is found in the answer.
'cowboys' could be 'riders' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'riders' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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