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Firm desire to return before Sunday - the rabbits! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

coneys

'the rabbits' is the definition.
('coney' can be a synonym of 'rabbit')

'firm desire to return before sunday' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'desire' becomes 'yen' (yen is a kind of desire**).
'to return' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'yen' back-to-front is 'ney'.
'co'+'ney'+'s'='CONEYS'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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