Me and a Pole? (3)

I believe the answer is:

men

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'me and a pole?' is the definition.
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'me and a pole?' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a pole?' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for North, as in North Pole).
'me'+'n'='MEN'

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(Other definitions for men that I've seen before include "gents" , "Males of Armenian extraction." , "Soldiers" , "Chess pieces" , "Human males" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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