They identify men as unstable! (5)

I believe the answer is:

names

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

'men as unstable' is the wordplay.
'unstable' indicates an anagram.
'men'+'as'='menas'
'menas' anagrammed gives 'NAMES'.

'identify' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for names that I've seen before include "celebrities" , "identification" , "Some people drop these to sound important" , "Heroes" , "Paul, Pat, John" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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