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Conservative peers, exceptionally awful people (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

creeps

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'awful people' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'conservative peers exceptionally' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'c' (UK political abbreviation).
'exceptionally' indicates anagramming the letters.
'peers' anagrammed gives 'reeps'.
'c'+'reeps'='CREEPS'

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(Other definitions for creeps that I've seen before include "Crawls silently" , "Moves slowly and stealthily" , "'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / . . . . . . in this petty place from day to day' (Macbeth)" , "21 [SNAKES]" , "''Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, ... in this petty pace from day to day'' (Macbeth)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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