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Those disbelieving stats broadcast about Italy by ambassador (8)

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I believe the answer is:

atheists

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'those disbelieving' is the definition.
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'stats broadcast about italy by ambassador' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ambassador' becomes 'HE' (His or Her Excellency).
'stats' anagrammed gives 'atsts'.
'i' put after 'he' is 'hei'.
'atsts' placed around 'hei' is 'ATHEISTS'.

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(Other definitions for atheists that I've seen before include "They believe there are no gods" , "They deny the existence of gods" , "Disbelievers in god" , "Non-believers" , "ungodly crew" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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