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Economy good with people showing a redeeming quality (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saving grace

'a redeeming quality' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'economy good with people' is the wordplay.
'economy' becomes 'saving' ('saving' can be a synonym of 'economy'**).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'people' becomes 'race'.
'saving'+'g'+'race'='SAVING GRACE'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for saving grace that I've seen before include "a description of Miss Darling?" , "Redeeming quality" , "Compensatory good point" , "Redeeming feature" , "What stops one condemning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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