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Examples include top blokes wearing glasses (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

specimens

'examples' is the definition.
(I know this)

'include top blokes wearing glasses' is the wordplay.
'top' says to take the initial letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'glasses' becomes 'specs' (spectacles).
The first letter of 'include' is 'i'.
'i'+'men'='imen'
'imen' put within 'specs' is 'SPECIMENS'.

(Other definitions for specimens that I've seen before include "Samples of Pisces men" , "Representative samples" , "Pisces men make prime examples" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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