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Why we don't remember the men who struggled in Asia? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amnesia

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'why we don't remember the men who struggled in asia?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'men who struggled in asia?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'men' is 'mne' which is present in the answer.
'asia?' could be 'asia' and 'asia' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for amnesia that I've seen before include "Severe forgetfulness" , "Clinical state of forgetfulness" , "Medical condition" , "Pathological forgetfulness" , "Disorder" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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