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They fleece the Sunday audience (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shearers

'they fleece' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sunday audience' is the wordplay.
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'audience' becomes 'hearers' (I've seen this before).
's'+'hearers'='SHEARERS'

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shearers that I've seen before include "wool-gatherers" , "They fleece" , "They cut the wool from sheep" , "They remove wool from sheep" .)

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