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Enjoy title originally being feminine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladylike

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

'enjoy title originally being' is the wordplay.
'enjoy title' becomes 'ylike' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'originally' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go before others).
'being' becomes 'lad' (lad is a kind of being).
'ylike' put after 'lad' is 'LADYLIKE'.

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(Other definitions for ladylike that I've seen before include "Decorously feminine" , "Typical of a well-mannered woman" , "Refined and fastidious" , "Of a woman, refined and genteel" , "Genteel (not referring to gents)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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