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Intriguing woman supported by old Spanish gentleman (9)

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I believe the answer is:

caballero

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'spanish gentleman' is the definition.
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'intriguing woman supported by old' is the wordplay.
'intriguing woman' becomes 'caballer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'supported by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'caballer'+'o'='CABALLERO'

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(Other definitions for caballero that I've seen before include "Spanish gentleman" , "Horseman" , "Spanish gent" , "Bear local away for Spanish cavalier" , "Foreign gentleman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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