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Bonkers seen with a male brothel-keeper (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

madam

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'keeper' is the definition.
(madam is a kind of keeper)

'bonkers seen with a male' is the wordplay.
'bonkers' becomes 'mad' (I've seen this in another clue).
'seen with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'mad'+'a'+'m'='MADAM'

'brothel' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for madam that I've seen before include "Stuck-up girl" , "Conceited girl (colloq.)" , "What you would call a female customer (or a spoiled girl!)" , "Courteous form of address to a woman" , "How one may address a woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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