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About to state .. "New eggs for famed ladies' man!" (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

casanova

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'ladies' man' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'about to state new eggs for' is the wordplay.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to state' becomes 'ca'.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'eggs' becomes 'ova' (term for egg cells).
'for' becomes 'sa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ca'+'n'+'ova'='canova'
'canova' going around 'sa' is 'CASANOVA'.

'famed' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for casanova that I've seen before include "Italian who wrote of his sexual exploits" , "Famous Italian" , "Amorous Venetian" , "Predatory male" , "Amorous person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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