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They could be redirected to a star/sun? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

astronauts

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'they' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'redirected to a starsun?' is the wordplay.
'redirected' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'a'+'starsun'='toastarsun'
'toastarsun' is an anagram of 'ASTRONAUTS'.

'could be' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for astronauts that I've seen before include "high fliers" , "Space voyagers" , "long-distance travellers" , "Spacemen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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