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Parisian is hosted by ignorant society in backwater (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

the sticks

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'parisian is hosted by ignorant society in backwater' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'parisian is hosted by ignorant society in' is the wordplay.
'parisian is' becomes 'est' ('is' in French).
'hosted by' indicates putting letters inside.
'ignorant society in' becomes 'thicks' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'est' put within 'thicks' is 'THE STICKS'.

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(Other definitions for the sticks that I've seen before include "rural area" , "backward area" , "What a keeper has to mind" , "rural areas" , "They limit goals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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