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Only men party with sinister-looking guns (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stag

'only men party' is the definition.
(as in a stag night)

'sinister-looking guns' is the wordplay.
'sinister-looking' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (text right-to-left - sinister is left in Latin).
'guns' becomes 'gats' (gat is a kind of gun).
'gats' in reverse letter order is 'STAG'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for stag that I've seen before include "American party" , "Stockmarket operator gambling on a quick profit" , "Unaccompanied man at party" , "Antlered beast" , "involving men" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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