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Not if the suitors are Beaus

I've just checked Chambers 12th and beaux or beaus are both acceptable.

They could be beaux!

I wonder if they will accept either, then?

Ouch. Chambers shows plural of bureau, as bureaux or bureaus.

In fact my Chambers only has beaux as the plural of beau - but it's an older edition.

My grandmother's 1912 edition shows both spellings, as does the 1972 edition

I have several times thought that my edition is defective! Oh well, Christmas is coming.

My beau has just plated up lunch, so I am off to enjoy!

Just a thought:. If the clue was meant to have been written as:
suitor's hanging around old city offices

then the answer would definitely be bureaus.

RT often have printing errors