People over there start to tamp pipe (5)
I believe the answer is:
those
'people over there' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'start to tamp pipe' is the wordplay.
'start to' suggests taking the first letters.
'pipe' becomes 'hose' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'tamp' is 't'.
't'+'hose'='THOSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for those that I've seen before include "The (things) there" , "the more far out?" , "Nostalgic utterance" , "Ethos (anag.)" , "Plural form of that" .)