Poles, say, are up nose, weirdly (9)
I believe the answer is:
europeans
'poles say' is the definition.
(pole is a kind of European)
'are up nose weirdly' is the wordplay.
'weirdly' is an anagram indicator.
'are'+'up'+'nose'='areupnose'
'areupnose' with letters rearranged gives 'EUROPEANS'.
(Other definitions for europeans that I've seen before include "Frenchmen, Irishwomen, for instance" , "Irish and French people, say" , "The French and Italians, say" , "Continentals" .)