Newcomers crushed miming star (10)

I believe the answer is:

immigrants

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'newcomers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'crushed miming star' is the wordplay.
'crushed' indicates an anagram.
'miming'+'star'='mimingstar'
'mimingstar' is an anagram of 'IMMIGRANTS'.

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(Another definition for immigrants that I've seen is " Incomers".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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