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Cool men adapted eyeglass (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monocle

'eyeglass' is the definition.
(I know that eyeglass can be written as monocle)

'cool men adapted' is the wordplay.
'adapted' is an anagram indicator.
'cool'+'men'='coolmen'
'coolmen' anagrammed gives 'MONOCLE'.

(Other definitions for monocle that I've seen before include "Reading glass for one eye only" , "optical device" , "lens" , "Single eyeglass" , "One-lens seeing apparatus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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