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Representatives in the east don't notice constellation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emissaries

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'representatives' is the definition.
(emissary is a kind of representative)

'east don't notice constellation' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'don't notice' becomes 'miss' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'constellation' becomes 'aries' (Aries is an example).
'e'+'miss'+'aries'='EMISSARIES'

'in the' is the link.

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(Another definition for emissaries that I've seen is " Agents".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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