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Male gets involved with fool for a trophy (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ashes

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'a trophy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'male gets involved with fool' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'male' could be 'he' (he refers to a man) and 'he' is found within the answer.
'fool' could be 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person) and 'ass' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ashes that I've seen before include "` `..... to ....., dust to dust' ' (prayer)" , "''... to ..., dust to dust'' (burial service)" , "Powders remaining after fire" , "Cinders - which were once kept in the 3 20 at 18" , "Embers" .)

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