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Philandering director avoids scandal in dalliance (8)

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I believe the answer is:

flirting

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'philandering' is the definition.
('flirt' can be a synonym of 'philander')

'director avoids scandal in dalliance' is the wordplay.
'director' becomes 'd'.
'avoids' is a deletion indicator.
'scandal' becomes 'dirt' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'dalliance' becomes 'fling' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dirt' with 'd' taken away is 'irt'.
'irt' placed within 'fling' is 'FLIRTING'.

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(Another definition for flirting that I've seen is " Playing at courtship".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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