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Those not wanting friends coming round put on EastEnders? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

londoners

'eastenders?' is the definition.

'those not wanting friends coming round put on' is the wordplay.
'those not wanting friends' becomes 'loners'.
'coming round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'put on' becomes 'don' (as in donning or putting on an item of clothing).
'loners' enclosing 'don' is 'LONDONERS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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