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Weird leaving fieldwork to the ordinary people (4)

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folk

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'people' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for folk that I've seen before include "Sort of music" , "[KINDRED]" , "People in general" , "People; type of music" , "Kind of music" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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