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Play Pole out of position with English amateurs (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laypeople

'amateurs' is the definition.

'play pole out of position with english' is the wordplay.
'out of position' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'play'+'pole'='playpole'
'playpole' is an anagram of 'laypople'.
'laypople' going around 'e' is 'LAYPEOPLE'.

(Another definition for laypeople that I've seen is " They've not followed orders".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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