Crossword Genius

The people with nothing rising up in locality (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

populace

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

'nothing rising up in locality' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'locality' becomes 'place' (place is a kind of locality**).
'up' reversed gives 'pu'.
'o'+'pu'='opu'
'opu' placed into 'place' is 'POPULACE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for populace that I've seen before include "Masses" , "Residents" , "Inhabitants" , "Citizens" , "People generally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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