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Pineapple class to admit unmarried men (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grenade

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

'class to admit unmarried men' is the wordplay.
'class' becomes 'grade' (grading is a kind of classing).
'to admit' indicates putting letters inside.
'unmarried men' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grade' going around 'en' is 'GRENADE'.

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(Other definitions for grenade that I've seen before include "Missile thrown" , "Small explosive device" , "One might go off" , "hand-held missile" , "Small hand-bomb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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