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Conclusive statement about Irish flyers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airmen

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'flyers' is the definition.
('airman' can be a synonym of 'flyer')

'conclusive statement about irish' is the wordplay.
'conclusive statement' becomes 'amen' (I have seen 'statement of affirmation' mean 'amen' so perhaps 'statement' could also mean 'amen'. I am not sure about the 'conclusive' bit.**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'irish' becomes 'ir' (abbreviation).
'amen' enclosing 'ir' is 'AIRMEN'.

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(Other definitions for airmen that I've seen before include "serving in HM forces?" , "Red Arrows" , "they take off from the ground" , "Marine (anag)" , "Flyers" .)

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