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... unfortunately died after accepting sex part ... (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

divide

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'sex part' is the definition.
'divide' can be an answer for 'part' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'sex' bit.

'unfortunately died after accepting' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator.
'after' becomes 'vi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'accepting' indicates putting letters inside.
'died' anagrammed gives 'dide'.
'dide' enclosing 'vi' is 'DIVIDE'.

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(Other definitions for divide that I've seen before include "Separate into portions" , "Split or separate into parts" , "Bisect" , "Part" , "Partition. separate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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