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Marauders finding horsemen hold answer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raiders

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'marauders' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'horsemen hold answer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'answer' could be 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A) and 'a' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'riders' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'finding' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for raiders that I've seen before include "Attacking force" , "' - - of the Lost Ark'" , "Marauding attackers" , "Marauders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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