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Operatic hero: African prince embracing woman (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

radames

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'operatic hero' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'african prince embracing woman' is the wordplay.
'african prince' becomes 'ras'.
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman' becomes 'dame' (dame is a kind of woman).
'ras' enclosing 'dame' is 'RADAMES'.

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(Another definition for radames that I've seen is " Egyptian officer".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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