Unattractive people from America accepting German position (6)
I believe the answer is:
uglies
'unattractive people' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'america accepting german position' is the wordplay.
'america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'position' becomes 'lie' (lie can mean to place or position).
'g'+'lie'='glie'
'us' placed around 'glie' is 'UGLIES'.
'from' acts as a link.
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