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Only men go in at such a meeting (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abutment

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

'only men go in at' is the wordplay.
'only' becomes 'but' (but can mean only - eg 'life is but a dream').
'go in' is an insertion indicator.
'but'+'men'='butmen'
'butmen' put into 'at' is 'ABUTMENT'.

'such' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abutment that I've seen before include "structural support" , "Meeting" , "Arch-supporting structure" , "Structure supporting an arch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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