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Demonstrations involving male seen beside curved structures (7)

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marches

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'demonstrations' is the definition.
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'male seen beside curved structures' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'seen' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beside' says to put letters next to each other.
'curved' becomes 'arc' (I've seen this before).
'structures' becomes 'hes' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'm'+'arc'+'hes'='MARCHES'

'involving' is the link.

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(Other definitions for marches that I've seen before include "Protest demonstrations" , "Border country - proceeds!" , "Demonstrates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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