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Present carriers with stable bearings (5,4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

three wise men

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'present carriers' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'with stable bearings' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is found in the answer.
'bearings' could be 'ee' (symbol for a compass bearing written twice) and 'ee' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for three wise men that I've seen before include "Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar" , "Magi" , "Christmas visitors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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