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Single gathering for men only, in the audience’s view (7)

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I believe the answer is:

onstage

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'only in the audience's view' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'single gathering for men' is the wordplay.
'single' becomes 'one' (a single thing - only one).
'gathering' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gather can mean to acquire or bring in).
'for men' becomes 'stag' (as in a stag night).
'one' placed around 'stag' is 'ONSTAGE'.

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(Other definitions for onstage that I've seen before include "(Of actor) visible to the audience" , "Acting" , "as a player may be?" , "In view of house" , "performing in the theatre?" .)

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