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Its art is not laid out in squares (15)

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I believe the answer is:

traditionalists

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

'its art is not laid out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'its'+'art'+'is'+'not'+'laid'='itsartisnotlaid'
'itsartisnotlaid' is an anagram of 'TRADITIONALISTS'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for traditionalists that I've seen is " old guard members".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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