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Drug users mistakenly freed in talks (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speed freaks

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'drug users' is the definition.
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'mistakenly freed in talks' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'talks' becomes 'speaks' ('speak' can be a synonym of 'talk').
'freed' anagrammed gives 'eedfr'.
'eedfr' inserted into 'speaks' is 'SPEED FREAKS'.

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