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Crazy about detectives and naked people (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nudists

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'naked people' is the definition.
'nudists' can be an answer for 'people' (nudist is a kind of person). I am not sure about the 'naked' bit.

'crazy about detectives' is the wordplay.
'crazy' becomes 'nuts' (nuts can informally mean crazy or mad).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'detectives' becomes 'dis' (Detective Inspectors, DIs).
'nuts' placed around 'dis' is 'NUDISTS'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nudists that I've seen before include "They're exposed" , "they reveal all" , "Things abandoned by those" , "they're not in gear" , "Strippers?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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