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Race suspended as rain spread (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungarians

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'race suspended as rain spread' is the definition.
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'suspended as rain spread' is the wordplay.
'suspended' becomes 'hung' (I've seen this before).
'spread' indicates anagramming the letters.
'as'+'rain'='asrain'
'asrain' with letters rearranged gives 'arians'.
'hung'+'arians'='HUNGARIANS'

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