The people over there shot off east (5)
I believe the answer is:
those
'the people over there' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'shot off east' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'shot' with letters rearranged gives 'thos'.
'thos'+'e'='THOSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for those that I've seen before include "The ones farther away" , "The (things) there" , "Plural form of that" , "Nostalgic utterance" , "the more far out?" .)