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Note on condition including one male detective to be judged (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estimated

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'judged' is the definition.
('estimate' can be a synonym of 'judge')

'note on condition including one male' is the wordplay.
'note on condition' becomes 'estated' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'i'+'m'='im'
'estated' going around 'im' is 'ESTIMATED'.

'detective to be' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for estimated that I've seen before include "Calculated roughly" , "Rough" , "Approximated, reckoned" , "Guessed" , "Calculated approximately" .)

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