The sheepish male (3)

I believe the answer is:

ram

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'the sheepish male' is the definition.

'sheepish male' is the wordplay.
'sheepish' becomes 'ra' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'ra'+'m'='RAM'

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(Other definitions for ram that I've seen before include "An animal; forcibly crash into" , "Object to batter with" , "needed for PC" , "Male animal; stuff" , "Aggressive sheep?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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