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Men gathered for a board meeting? (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chess set

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'men' is the definition.
(men can mean chess pieces)

'gathered for a board meeting?' is the wordplay.
'gathered' becomes 'set' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'a board meeting?' becomes 'chess' (I've seen this before).
'set' put after 'chess' is 'CHESS SET'.

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(Other definitions for chess set that I've seen before include "Game with kings, queens and bishops" , "It's played on a chequered board with 32 pieces" , "It's played with kings, queens and bishops" , "King, pawns etc." , "men, along with the board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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