The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OURSELVES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result OURSELVES
- Old, old city’s little people — us, emphatically
- EU solvers switching to US
- Love rues dancing on top of stool for us
- Solver Sue’s beaten us emphatically
- Resolve US, resolve US
- What belongs to us little people; prime concern of Brexiteers?
- Santa’s little helpers belong to us first — us personally!
- Kinky lovers use the Guardian — emphatically so
- On reflection, the Guardian sure loves to appear inept
- Guardian people personally bear being translated with spirits
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The straight part
We know that "the Guardian — emphatically so" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the guardian — emphatically so = ourselves.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OURSELVES mean?
OURSELVES pronoun- (reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
- We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.