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Good little fellows make GIs? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grunts

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'gis?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'good little fellows' is the wordplay.
'good little' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for good).
'fellows' becomes 'runts' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'g'+'runts'='GRUNTS'

'make' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grunts that I've seen before include "Makes noises like a pig" , "Makes noise like pig" , "Tropical fish" , "Noises like those of pigs" , "Makes snorting sound of pig" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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