Rough-sounding people in Derby, say (9)
I believe the answer is:
horserace
'derby say' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'rough-sounding people' is the wordplay.
'rough' becomes 'hoarse' (I've seen this before).
'sounding' shows a homophone (sound like).
'people' becomes 'race' (people can mean a national group or race).
'hoarse' sounds like 'horse'.
'horse'+'race'='HORSERACE'
'in' acts as a link.
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