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Family blunders? Not half (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clan

'family' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'blunders? not half' is the wordplay.
'blunders?' becomes 'clangers' (clanger is a kind of blunder).
'not half' suggests halving the letters.
'clangers' halved is 'CLAN'.

(Other definitions for clan that I've seen before include "Tribal family" , "Scots family group" , "Extended family as in Scotland" , "Kinship group" , "Campbells, say?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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