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People of the UK maybe in History and Geography, for example (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

subjects

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'people of the uk' is the definition.
'subjects' can be an answer for 'people' (subject is a kind of person). I'm not certain of the 'of the uk' bit.

'maybe in history and geography for example' is the wordplay.
'maybe in history' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'geography for example' becomes 'subject' (geography is a kind of subject).
's' after 'subject' is 'SUBJECTS'.

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(Other definitions for subjects that I've seen before include "Topics or vassals" , "They owe allegiance to a monarch" , "Cubs jest about themes or subordinates" , "Topics under discussion" , "things to discuss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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