Claire Danes ripping off a riotous bunch of Cod Wars participants (10)

I believe the answer is:

icelanders

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'bunch of cod wars participants' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
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'claire danes ripping off a riotous' is the wordplay.
'ripping off' is a deletion indicator.
'riotous' is an anagram indicator.
'claire'+'danes'='clairedanes'
'clairedanes' with 'a' removed is 'cliredanes'.
'cliredanes' anagrammed gives 'ICELANDERS'.

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(Other definitions for icelanders that I've seen before include "Scandinavians" , "People from Reykjavik" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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