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The masses discovering who'd win with vote on Love Island (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoi polloi

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'the masses' is the definition.
(Greek term for the common people)

'who'd win with vote on love island' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'vote' could be 'poll' (polling is a kind of voting) and 'poll' is found in the answer.
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'island' could be 'i' (geographical abbreviation) and 'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hoi' 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).

'discovering' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hoi polloi that I've seen before include "The unwashed masses!" , "The plain people in Greece" , "The masses (Greek)" , "vulgar rabble" , "Proletariat" .)

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