The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NATURISTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NATURISTS
- Note adult holiday-makers with nothing taken off — certainly not ____!
- Article about lovelorn trippers, those who enjoy being 27
- North American travellers leaving nothing out?; hang on, they leave everything out!
- Botanists short of a pound? They needn’t spend much on clothes
- They barely manage a turn on IT without singular suggestion of shivering
- North Arcot sightseers have no love for those with no cover
- Some lacking cover having trust as at outset new insurance arranged
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The straight part
We know that "They needn’t spend much on clothes" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they needn’t spend much on clothes = naturists.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does NATURISTS mean?
NATURISTS noun- One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health, ecology, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.
- One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.