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They're out every year, you said, breaking records (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annuals

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'they're out every year' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'you said breaking records' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'records' could be 'annals' (I've seen this before) and 'annals' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for annuals that I've seen before include "Yearly plants" , "regular publications" , "Yearly books" , "Plants that have only one season" , "Yearbooks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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