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Whiff from tense people (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trace

'whiff' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tense people' is the wordplay.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'people' becomes 'race' (**).
't'+'race'='TRACE'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for trace that I've seen before include "Track down or make copy" , "suspicion" , "part of harness" , "Seek out" , "Copy by drawing on translucent paper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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