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Deceive a thousand ladies naughtily (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mislead

'deceive' is the definition.
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'a thousand ladies naughtily' is the wordplay.
'a thousand' becomes 'm' ('M' can be a synonym of 'thousand'**).
'naughtily' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ladies' is an anagram of 'islead'.
'm'+'islead'='MISLEAD'

(Other definitions for mislead that I've seen before include "Deceive" , "Cause someone to believe something is not true" , "Take someone in the wrong direction" , "Hoodwink" , "Fool" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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