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Magistrates follow rest inside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doges

'magistrates' is the definition.
(doge is a kind of magistrate)

'follow rest inside' is the wordplay.
'follow' becomes 'dog' (I've seen this before).
'inside' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'rest' are 'es'.
'dog'+'es'='DOGES'

(Other definitions for doges that I've seen before include "Chief magistrates of Venice and Genoa, formerly" , "Old Venetian magistrates" , "Former rulers of Venice" , "Former lords of Venice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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