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Fail to see sign introduced by European delegates (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emissaries

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'delegates' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fail to see sign introduced by european' is the wordplay.
'fail to see' becomes 'miss' (I've seen this before).
'sign' becomes 'Aries' (star sign).
'introduced by' says to put letters next to each other.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'miss'+'aries'='missaries'
'missaries' put after 'e' is 'EMISSARIES'.

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(Another definition for emissaries that I've seen is " Agents".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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