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Dwellers show tears around the side (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

residents

'dwellers' is the definition.
(resident is a kind of dweller)

'tears around the side' is the wordplay.
'tears' becomes 'rents' ('rent' can be a synonym of 'tear').
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'rents' placed around 'side' is 'RESIDENTS'.

'show' is the link.

(Other definitions for residents that I've seen before include "doctors" , "folk living down the road?" , "Lodgers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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