Publicans (9)
I believe the answer is:
landlords
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">publicans</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know this)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for landlords that I've seen before include "People in pubs" , "maybe posted locally?" , "letters" , "They lease out properties" .)