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Customers of guides with no hearts (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

users

'customers' is the definition.
(users of a service or product)

'guides with no hearts' is the wordplay.
'guides' becomes 'ushers' (ushering is a kind of guiding).
'with no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hearts' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in card games e.g. bridge).
'ushers' with 'h' taken away is 'USERS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for users that I've seen before include "Ruses for employers" , "They employ" , "subscribers" , "Utilisers" , "People with a drug habit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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