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Partners accepting not very exciting male organ (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stamen

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'male organ' is the definition.
'stamen' can be an answer for 'organ' (I have seen 'Reproductive organ' mean 'stamen' so perhaps 'organ' could also mean 'stamen'). I'm unsure of the 'male' bit.

'partners accepting not very exciting' is the wordplay.
'partners' becomes 'sn' (South and North are partners in the game bridge).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'not very exciting' becomes 'tame' (I've seen this in another clue).
'sn' enclosing 'tame' is 'STAMEN'.

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(Other definitions for stamen that I've seen before include "Male reproductive organ of a flower" , "Male fertilising organ of flowering plants" , "Flower's male reproductive organ" , "Section of a flower" , "Bit of a bloomer" .)

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