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Host now joins that woman, topless (9)

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I believe the answer is:

presenter

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'host now joins that woman topless' is the definition.
'presenter' can be an answer for 'host' (e.g. for a television show). I'm unsure of the remainder of the definition.

'host now joins' is the wordplay.
'host' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'now' becomes 'present' (the present time).
'joins' says to put letters next to each other.
'er' after 'present' is 'PRESENTER'.

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(Other definitions for presenter that I've seen before include "Radio/TV personality" , "Disc jockey" , "anchor?" , "TV introducer" , "Compere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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