Son confused women, live-in students and winter sportsmen (12)

I believe the answer is:

snowboarders

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'winter sportsmen' is the definition.
'snowboarders' can be an answer for 'sportsmen' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'winter' bit.

'son confused women live-in students' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'live in students' becomes 'boarders' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'son' with letters rearranged gives 'sno'.
'sno'+'w'+'boarders'='SNOWBOARDERS'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for snowboarders that I've seen is " Sportsmen".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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