Settlers established custom for female relatives, reportedly (9)
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I believe the answer is:
habitants
'settlers' is the definition.
(I know that Habitants is a settlers)
'established custom for female relatives reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'custom' could be 'habit' (habit is a kind of custom) and 'habit' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ants' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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