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... ours oddly – experts must bring in 50 future consultants? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oracles

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'future consultants?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'ours oddly experts must bring in 50' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'50' could be 'l' (Roman numeral) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'experts' could be 'aces' (ace is a kind of expert) and 'aces' is found within the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'or' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for oracles that I've seen before include "Authoritative sources" , "Prophets, seers" , "Prophetic authorities" , "mysterious utterances" , "They would be asked questions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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