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Has the impression that we object to top people going into sects (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suspects

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'has the impression' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'we object to top people going into sects' is the wordplay.
'we object' becomes 'us' (object pronoun for 'we').
'to top' says to take the initial letters.
'going into' indicates putting letters inside.
The first letter of 'people' is 'p'.
'us'+'p'='usp'
'usp' placed inside 'sects' is 'SUSPECTS'.

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(Other definitions for suspects that I've seen before include "Considers or believes likely" , "Distrusts" , "Mistrusts" , "Questions" , "Believes, supposes" .)

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