Silly son gazes deeply at this dashing type (6,8)

I believe the answer is:

speedy gonzales

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'this dashing type' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'silly son gazes deeply' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates an anagram.
'son'+'gazes'+'deeply'='songazesdeeply'
'songazesdeeply' is an anagram of 'SPEEDY GONZALES'.

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