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Creatures providing information about the outback (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

newts

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'creatures' is the definition.
(newt is a kind of creature)

'information about the outback' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'information' could be 'news' (news is a kind of information) and 'news' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'providing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for newts that I've seen before include "Small amphibians, efts" , "Kind of water lizards or efts" , "creatures" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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