The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RIOTERS
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More clues leading to the result RIOTERS
- Violent mob in city short cut
- They give resistance to Tories violently?
- Trait of the press occasionally exposing troublemakers
- Violent protesters initially roaring ‘Tories out’
- Traitor occasionally cut short troublemakers
- Those running amok emerge from city with the press oddly
- Lawbreakers in US state destroyed store
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