Servants possibly coming in during meals (7)
I believe the answer is:
menials
'servants' is the definition.
(menial is a kind of servant)
'coming in during meals' is the wordplay.
'coming in' becomes 'ni' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ni' put into 'meals' is 'MENIALS'.
'possibly' acts as a link.
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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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