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Many pester harassed debtors for these (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repayments

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'debtors for these' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'many pester harassed' is the wordplay.
'harassed' indicates an anagram.
'many'+'pester'='manypester'
'manypester' with letters rearranged gives 'REPAYMENTS'.

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