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News about a tight finish for expert swimmers (5)

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I believe the answer is:

newts

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'expert swimmers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'news about a tight finish' is the wordplay.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'finish' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'tight' is 't'.
'news' placed around 't' is 'NEWTS'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for newts that I've seen before include "Small amphibians, efts" , "creatures" , "Kind of water lizards or efts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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