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Representations of public figures about the end of the Rent Acts

Ross

I believe the answer is:

statutes

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'end of the rent acts' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'representations of public figures about' is the wordplay.
'representations of public' becomes 'ute' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'figures' becomes 'stats' (short for statistics).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'ute' inserted inside 'stats' is 'STATUTES'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for statutes that I've seen before include "rules" , "Written laws passed by Parliament" , "Attest us under written laws" , "Official and written laws" , "Legislative acts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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