Old girls in male sauna stripped off (7)
I believe the answer is:
alumnae
'old girls' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'male sauna stripped off' is the wordplay.
'stripped' says to take the centre (outside letters removed).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
The central letters of 'sauna' are 'aun'.
'male'+'aun'='maleaun'
'maleaun' anagrammed gives 'ALUMNAE'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alumnae that I've seen before include "Graduates of a college" , "Former female pupils" , "Former students" , "Women who have studied" .)