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Group of people live very dangerously at the end (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bevy

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'group of people' is the definition.
'bevy' can be an answer for 'group' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'of people' bit.

'live very dangerously at the end' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'very' becomes 'v' (common abbreviation).
'at the end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'dangerously' is 'y'.
'be'+'v'+'y'='BEVY'

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(Other definitions for bevy that I've seen before include "Group of e.g. girls" , "Flock of larks; group of beautiful women" , "Drink - collection of beauties?" , "Group of birds or girls" , "Group (of larks, ladies etc)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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