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Unusually ill guests found to be innocent (9)

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I believe the answer is:

guiltless

'to be innocent' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'unusually ill guests' is the wordplay.
'unusually' is an anagram indicator.
'ill'+'guests'='illguests'
'illguests' anagrammed gives 'GUILTLESS'.

'found' acts as a link.

(Another definition for guiltless that I've seen is " Innocent".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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