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Only started this X-word yesterday as was away. Amazed nobody has needed to ask about 11D on the Forum, which is:

"3 lovers of trendy music and books in need of foreign friend" (11)

Answer seems to be HIPPOPOTAMI, but how does that relate to clue in either definition or parsing?

hip pop trendy music
OT ..old testament /books
ami ..foreign friend

HIP POP OT AMI
trendy music books foreign (French) friend
As for the definition, what is the solution to 3?

answer to 3 is swamp ...so defn is swamp lovers