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English story's upset secretive folk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oysters

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'english story's upset secretive folk' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'english story's upset' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'e'+'storys'='estorys'
'estorys' with letters rearranged gives 'OYSTERS'.

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(Other definitions for oysters that I've seen before include "Yet Ross has these strange marine creatures" , "Shy people" , "Edible bivalve molluscs" , "Yet Ross can find the marine creatures" , "Tasty pearl-producing bivalves" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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