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Little folk make up a song about me (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gnomes

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'little folk make up a song about me' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'up a song about me' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'song' written backwards gives 'gnos'.
'gnos' placed around 'me' is 'GNOMES'.

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(Other definitions for gnomes that I've seen before include "Legendary dwarfs" , "Zurich goblins" , "Legendary little men, in the garden perhaps" , "Garden dwarfs from Zurich?" , "Ornamental garden figures" .)

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