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The people put in a pool form (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

population

'the people' is the definition.
(population is a kind of people)

'put in a pool form' is the wordplay.
'form' indicates an anagram (another form of the letters).
'put'+'in'+'a'+'pool'='putinapool'
'putinapool' with letters rearranged gives 'POPULATION'.

(Another definition for population that I've seen is " inhabitants".)

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