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Fighters shouting, interrupting travellers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

migrants

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'travellers' is the definition.
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'fighters shouting interrupting' is the wordplay.
'fighters' becomes 'migs' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'shouting' becomes 'rant'.
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'migs' placed around 'rant' is 'MIGRANTS'.

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(Other definitions for migrants that I've seen before include "They move from country to country" , "Smarting like people settling in strange country" , "travellers" , "They move home to other regions" .)

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