The old-fashioned fellows abroad (5)

I believe the answer is:

yemen

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'the old-fashioned fellows abroad' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the old-fashioned fellows' is the wordplay.
'the old-fashioned' becomes 'ye' (resembles a historical spelling of 'the').
'fellows' becomes 'men' (fellow can mean a man).
'ye'+'men'='YEMEN'

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(Other definitions for yemen that I've seen before include "Enemy country in S Arabian peninsula" , "Middle Eastern country" , "nation" , "Republic on the Arabian Peninsula" , "Arabian republic, capital Sanaa" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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