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Sailor in Visitor Centre of Andorra is a lady's man from Madrid (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caballero

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'a lady's man from madrid' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sailor in visitor centre of andorra' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'visitor' becomes 'caller' (caller is a kind of visitor).
'centre of' says to take the centre.
The centre of 'andorra' is 'o'.
'ab' going inside 'caller' is 'caballer'.
'caballer'+'o'='CABALLERO'

'is' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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