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Makes allegations about English righters of wrongs? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avengers

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'righters of wrongs?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'makes allegations about english' is the wordplay.
'makes allegations' becomes 'avers' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'eng' (abbreviation).
'avers' placed around 'eng' is 'AVENGERS'.

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(Other definitions for avengers that I've seen before include "Retribution takers" , "1960s TV series with Steed and Emma Peel" , "People seeking retaliation" , "They retaliate" , "Agents of retribution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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