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Face-to-face confrontation exposed about women's party (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

showdown

'face-to-face confrontation' is the definition.
(confrontation between two people)

'exposed about women's party' is the wordplay.
'exposed' becomes 'shown' (to expose something is to show it).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'w'+'do'='wdo'
'shown' going around 'wdo' is 'SHOWDOWN'.

(Other definitions for showdown that I've seen before include "Dramatic conclusion" , "Climactic finale" , "Face-off" , "Decisive confrontation" , "Denouement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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