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Bullfighter wild about cheers provided by men (7)

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I believe the answer is:

matador

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'bullfighter' is the definition.
('matador' can be a synonym of 'bullfighter')

'wild about cheers provided by men' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'cheers' could be 'ta' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ta' is found within the answer.
'men' could be 'or' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'or' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for matador that I've seen before include "The one who kills the bull" , "Bullfighter who slays the bull" , "He kills the bull in formal fight" , "ROM data (anag)" , "who does for bulls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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