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Cries plaintively disrupting rabble at seminar (6)

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bleats

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'cries plaintively' is the definition.
('bleat' can be a synonym of 'cry plaintively')

'disrupting rabble at seminar' is the wordplay.
'BLEATS' is hidden within the letters.
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(Other definitions for bleats that I've seen before include "Makes sheep sounds in stable" , "Sheep's cries" , "Sheep or goat cries" , "Tables of sheep sounds" , "Stable (anag) - pastoral sounds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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