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Only females love males to wear father's spectacles (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phenomena

'spectacles' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'only females love males to wear father's' is the wordplay.
'only females' becomes 'hen' (as in a hen night).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'males' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of male).
'to wear' is an insertion indicator (to wear something is to be covered up by it).
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'hen'+'o'+'men'='henomen'
'henomen' inserted inside 'pa' is 'PHENOMENA'.

(Other definitions for phenomena that I've seen before include "Remarkable occurrences" , "spectacles" , "Observed events - remarkable things" , "strange doings!" , "Happenings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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