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Hard workers in a city sacked long ago (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trojans

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'hard workers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a city sacked long ago' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for trojans that I've seen before include "Hard workers" , "People of Paris" , "Hard-working types" , "Citizens of ancient city in Asia Minor invaded by Wooden Horse" , "noted for hard work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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