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People in board susceptible to research (9)

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I believe the answer is:

traceable

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'susceptible to research' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'people in board' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'race' (people can mean a national group or race).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'board' becomes 'table' (both can mean food).
'race' put inside 'table' is 'TRACEABLE'.

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(Another definition for traceable that I've seen is " Able to be found by investigation".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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