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People upset by ant bites? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tibetans

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'people upset by ant bites?' is the definition.
'tibetans' can be an answer for 'people' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'upset by ant bites?' bit.

'upset by ant bites?' is the wordplay.
'upset by' is an anagram indicator.
'ant'+'bites'='antbites'
'antbites' is an anagram of 'TIBETANS'.

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(Other definitions for tibetans that I've seen before include "Highland people" , "Citizens of Dalai Lama's country" , "They be titans who live in the Himalayas" , "Mountain folk" , "Foreigners" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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