Kurds darn pants – tight ones (9)

I believe the answer is:

drunkards

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'tight ones' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'kurds darn pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' is an anagram indicator (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'kurds'+'darn'='kurdsdarn'
'kurdsdarn' anagrammed gives 'DRUNKARDS'.

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(Another definition for drunkards that I've seen is " Alcohol abusers".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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