- - Election tippers, sometimes
- - Workers on sick leave
- - Sailor posted to observe retreating deserters
- - Sailor sent to look up those missing
- - the more there are, the fewer there are
- - They're not about to disturb a bees' nest
- - Those not present (plural)
- - Non-attendees
- - Educators' concerns ... or, a phonetic hint to how four long puzzle answers were derived
- - They're not present at the required time
- - People not present
- - Sailor told to go on return watch for missing persons
- - Not so busy types told to go -- a busy type's coming round
- - Class no-shows
- - Some landlords
- - No-shows
- - They're missing from a roll
- - They're not there
- - Some ballots or voters
- - Empty-seat people
- - Missing ones.
- - Industrial slackers.
- - Some voters
- - Missing persons
- - not so busy types sent in a busy type's place
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