The team emerges one by one (6)

I believe the answer is:

eleven

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'the team' is the definition.
(eleven is a kind of team)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Number, on a team maybe" , "Cricketing side" , "Time for the mid-morning tea break?" , "football team, for example" , "Prime number" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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