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Rents out flyers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terns

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'flyers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'rents out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'rents' with letters rearranged gives 'TERNS'.

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(Other definitions for terns that I've seen before include "Sea bird with long forked tail" , "Sea birds with long forked tails" , "Aquatic birds" , "Seabirds" , "Rents out these birds" .)

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