Ideas unusual in personal assistants (5)

I believe the answer is:

aides

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'personal assistants' is the definition.
'aides' can be an answer for 'assistants' (aide is a kind of assistant). I'm not certain of the 'personal' bit.

'ideas unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'ideas' is an anagram of 'AIDES'.

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(Other definitions for aides that I've seen before include "Confidential assistants" , "Ministerial assistants" , "They help" , "Adjutants" , "Helpers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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