Recent arrivals provided fresh information about kind of loser (8)

I believe the answer is:

newborns

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'recent arrivals' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'fresh information about kind of loser' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fresh' could be 'new' (associated in meaning) and 'new' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'provided' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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