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News revised about right wingers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrens

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'wingers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'news revised about right' is the wordplay.
'revised' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'news' with letters rearranged gives 'wens'.
'wens' enclosing 'r' is 'WRENS'.

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(Another definition for wrens that I've seen is " Small brown birds".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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