Pass our people large cloth (9)

I believe the answer is:

handtowel

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'large cloth' is the definition.
'handtowel' can be an answer for 'cloth' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'large' bit.

'pass our people' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'hand' (synonyms).
'our people' becomes 'towel' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hand'+'towel'='HANDTOWEL'

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(Other definitions for handtowel that I've seen before include "cloth" , "drier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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