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Family members briefly demanding seconds behind one's back (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sisters

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'family members' is the definition.
(sister is a type of family member)

'seconds behind one's back' is the wordplay.
'behind' suggests the final letters.
'one's' becomes 'i's' (Roman numeral).
'back' becomes 'ters' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The final letter of 'seconds' is 's'.
's'+'is'+'ters'='SISTERS'

'briefly demanding' is the link.
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(Other definitions for sisters that I've seen before include "Patient attention required from such" , "Resists for relatives" , "Nuns - nurses - siblings" , "Nuns' titles" , "Resists (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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