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Do without men? (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hen party

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'without men?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'do' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'do' could be 'party' (I've seen this before) and 'party' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hen' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hen party that I've seen before include "Women's social gathering" , "A social gathering confined to women" , "do for prospective union member" , "Event to which stags are not invited" , "Females celebrating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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