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The ladies bring them a certain amount of woe (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

men

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'the ladies' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'them a certain amount of woe' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'amount' could be 'en' (en is a kind of amount) and 'en' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'bring' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for men that I've seen before include "Adult males" , "'So many ..., so many opinions'" , "Soldiers" , "Fellows, chaps" , "Males of Armenian extraction." .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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