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Male's Conservative past? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

history

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'past?' is the definition.
(history is a kind of past)

'male's conservative' is the wordplay.
'male's' becomes 'his' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'conservative' becomes 'tory' (informal term for a Conservative Party member).
'his'+'tory'='HISTORY'

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(Other definitions for history that I've seen before include "Background" , "Old record" , "Chronicle" , "Time passed" , "Study of past events" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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