The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WALLABIES
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WALLABIES
- Marsupials consisting of dam perhaps with uninitiated offspring
- Rabbi regularly introduced to buffoons and bounders
- Aussie rugby team‘s party at one in rugby-playing country
- Silly people nicking sailor’s jumpers
- In verse 1, watch them feed salt into idiots
- Arranges bail in Cambria for residents in Australia
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The straight part
We know that "bounders" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bounders = wallabies.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WALLABIES mean?
WALLABIES noun- Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos