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Dolly bringing female inside temple? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parthenon

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'temple?' is the definition.
(I know that Parthenon is a temple)

'dolly bringing female inside' is the wordplay.
'dolly' becomes 'parton' (Dolly Parton).
'bringing female' becomes 'hen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'parton' going around 'hen' is 'PARTHENON'.

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(Other definitions for parthenon that I've seen before include "Tourist attraction of Athens" , "Temple on the Athenian Acropolis" , "ruined Greek temple" , "Temple of Athene on Acropolis in Athens" , "Ancient temple" .)

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