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Makes scene over one lot of relatives (6)

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nieces

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'lot of relatives' is the definition.
'nieces' can be an answer for 'relatives' (niece is a kind of relative). I'm unsure of the 'lot of' bit.

'makes scene over one' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'scene' anagrammed gives 'neces'.
'neces' placed around 'i' is 'NIECES'.

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(Other definitions for nieces that I've seen before include "Scene I set up for relatives" , "Relatives of 27dn" , "Relations" , "Relative girls" , "Young female relatives" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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