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Goatish creature, one into ladies? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lothario

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'goatish creature one into ladies?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'creature one into ladies?' is the wordplay.
'creature' becomes 'thar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'ladies?' becomes 'loo' ('the ladies' is a type of loo or toilet).
'thar'+'i'='thari'
'thari' put within 'loo' is 'LOTHARIO'.

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(Other definitions for lothario that I've seen before include "Casanova" , "Heartbreaker" , "Fictional seducer" , "Libertine - ol' hot air (anag)" , "Don Juan-type character" .)

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