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Outlaws around 500 groups (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bands

'groups' is the definition.
(band is a kind of group)

'outlaws around 500' is the wordplay.
'outlaws' becomes 'bans' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'500' becomes 'd' ('d' can be a synonym of '500').
'bans' placed around 'd' is 'BANDS'.

(Other definitions for bands that I've seen before include "Musical groups" , "Groups playing popular music" , "Pop groups" , "Gangs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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