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Mob area's got gangs, occasionally (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ragtag

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

'area's got gangs occasionally' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters (letters taken at regular intervals or occasions).
'areas'+'got'+'gangs'='areasgotgangs'
The alternating letters of 'areasgotgangs' are 'RAGTAG'.

(Other definitions for ragtag that I've seen before include "Common people, riff-raff - ...... and bobtail" , "Untidy, disorganised" , "Masses" , ". . . . . . and bobtail, the rabble" , "Mob" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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