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English team regularly sleeps with expatriates! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exiles

'expatriates' is the definition.
('exile' can be a synonym of 'expatriate')

'english team regularly sleeps' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'team' becomes 'xi' (eleven, a football team).
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'sleeps' are 'les'.
'e'+'xi'+'les'='EXILES'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for exiles that I've seen before include "They live away from their own country" , "They are forced to live abroad" , "Outcasts" , "They are forced to live in foreign countries" , "Outlaws" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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