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Broken-down gents is man's task (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assignment

'task' is the definition.
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'broken-down gents is man's' is the wordplay.
'broken down' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gents'+'is'+'man'='gentsisman'
'gentsisman' is an anagram of 'ASSIGNMENT'.

(Other definitions for assignment that I've seen before include "job" , "Duty to be done" , "Task or duty" , "Task, piece of work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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