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'Sign on sheet!' — force individuals to stand around (5)

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I believe the answer is:

segno

'sign on sheet' is the definition.
(musical symbol, sign on sheet music)

'force individuals to stand around' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'g'.
'individuals' becomes 'ones' (I've seen this before**).
'to stand' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'standing' mean this).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'ones' back-to-front is 'seno'.
'g' inserted into 'seno' is 'SEGNO'.

(Another definition for segno that I've seen is " musical sign that should be there?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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