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Bless male after conversion that’s clear (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blameless

'clear' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bless male after conversion' is the wordplay.
'after conversion' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'bless'+'male'='blessmale'
'blessmale' with letters rearranged gives 'BLAMELESS'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for blameless that I've seen before include "Irreproachable" , "Without culpability, innocent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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