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Also with hesitation, man starts to play around (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philander

'play around' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'also with hesitation man starts' is the wordplay.
'also' becomes 'and' (both can mean in addition).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'man' becomes 'phil' ().
'starts' says to put letters next to each other.
'and'+'er' is 'ander'.
'ander' put after 'phil' is 'PHILANDER'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for philander that I've seen before include "Womanize" , "Womanise" , "Have an affair" , "Play the field" , "Have affairs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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