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A horny male caught in rain, perhaps Romeo (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paramour

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'romeo' is the definition.
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'a horny male caught in rain' is the wordplay.
'horny male' becomes 'ram' (male sheep. I am not sure about the 'horny' bit.).
'caught in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rain' becomes 'pour' (pouring is a kind of raining).
'a'+'ram'='aram'
'aram' put inside 'pour' is 'PARAMOUR'.

'perhaps' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for paramour that I've seen before include "Lover, usually illicit" , "Kept woman" , "fancy woman" , "A married person's secret lover" , "Lover, especially of a married person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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