They live in the cradle of democracy (6)

I believe the answer is:

greeks

(Other definitions for greeks that I've seen before include "Virgil: 'I fear the ...... bearing gifts'" , "Demos" , "we should fear at the present time?" , "Olympian team" , "Athenians, maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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