The keepers can tell you where the land lies (7)

I believe the answer is:

goalies

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'the keepers can tell you where' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'land lies' is the wordplay.
'land' becomes 'goa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'goa'+'lies'='GOALIES'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for goalies that I've seen before include "They defend the net" , "Footballers" , "Keepers of nets - so agile" , "defence people" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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