Servile types principally seen in Arabian republic (3,3)

I believe the answer is:

yes men

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'servile types' is the definition.
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'principally seen in arabian republic' is the wordplay.
'principally' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'arabian republic' becomes 'yemen' (I've seen this in another clue).
The first letter of 'seen' is 's'.
's' inserted inside 'yemen' is 'YES-MEN'.

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(Other definitions for yes men that I've seen before include "Unquestioning followers" , "Servile subordinates" , "Tools" , "Sycophants like assenting males" , "Affirmative male sycophants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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