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Lady's with Fancy Dan, hiding in bush? They're lovers (4,3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hero and leander

'they're lovers' is the definition.
(lovers in Greek myth)

'lady's with fancy dan hiding in bush?' is the wordplay.
'lady's' becomes 'her' (belonging to a lady).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'hiding in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bush?' becomes 'oleander' (oleander is a type of bush).
'dan' with letters rearranged gives 'and'.
'and' placed within 'oleander' is 'oandleander'.
'her'+'oandleander'='HERO AND LEANDER'

(Another definition for hero and leander that I've seen is " Classical myth".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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