The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NOMADS
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More clues leading to the result NOMADS
- Numbers entertaining deranged tramps?
- Vagrants turned on mother, daughter and son
- Signs agreement enclosing minute area for itinerants
- Itinerants’ son heads west eating bananas
- Numbers must be inclusive of irate people always on the move
- Homeless types with boy going round collecting nuts
- Definitely not nuts, initially supporting Wanderers
- Boy knocked over when interrupted by idiotic folk on the move
- Seasonal travellers are so damn stupid
- Boy raised to gather nuts for travellers
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The straight part
We know that "Vagrants" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vagrants = nomads.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NOMADS mean?
NOMADS noun- A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- A person who changes residence frequently.
- A player who changes teams frequently.
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
- The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.