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Nobles at court out Hammersmith way? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barons

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'nobles' is the definition.
(baron is a kind of noble)

'at court out hammersmith way?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'way?' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bar' 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).

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(Other definitions for barons that I've seen before include "No bars for the British peers" , "Lords" , "Low-ranking British peers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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