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Number are practitioners of meditation? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dozen

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'number' is the definition.
(I know that dozen is a type of large integer)

'practitioners of meditation?' is the wordplay.
'practitioners of' becomes 'do' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'meditation?' becomes 'zen' (I've seen this in other clues).
'do'+'zen'='DOZEN'

'are' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dozen that I've seen before include "XII" , "A small number" , "Twelve (or thirteen for a baker?)" , "A number of disciples" , "Group of twelve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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