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Male bosses put placards around pole (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

postmasters

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'male bosses' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'placards around pole' is the wordplay.
'placards' becomes 'posters' ('poster' can be a synonym of 'placard').
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pole' becomes 'mast' (mast is a kind of pole).
'posters' enclosing 'mast' is 'POSTMASTERS'.

'put' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for postmasters that I've seen is " Managers of sorts, perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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