On subject of people (not US) 2 almost caught (8)
I believe the answer is:
thematic
'on subject of people not us 2 almost caught' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'not us 2 almost caught' is the wordplay.
'not us' becomes 'them' (I've seen this before).
't almost' becomes 'ati' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'them'+'ati'+'c'='THEMATIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thematic that I've seen before include "of an idea" , "Relating to particular subjects" , "Related to a particular subject" , "With a unifying subject" , "Topical" .)