General group heads for The Hague every year (4)

I believe the answer is:

they

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'general group heads for the hague every year' is the definition.
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'heads for the hague every year' is the wordplay.
'heads for' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'the hague every year' is 'THEY'.

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(Other definitions for they that I've seen before include "Those people (vb. subject)" , "Pronoun for more than one" , "People in general" , "Do -- Know It's Christmas (Band Aid)" , "Third person plural" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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