Are they why numbers of people get confused? (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
crossed lines
'why numbers of people get confused?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'are they' is the wordplay.
'are' becomes 'crossed' (crossing is a kind of being).
'they' becomes 'lines' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'crossed'+'lines'='CROSSED LINES'
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