The French caught idol of Americans womanising (9)

I believe the answer is:

lecherous

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'the french caught idol of americans womanising' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'the french caught idol of americans' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'idol' becomes 'hero' (I've seen this before).
'of americans' becomes 'us' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'le'+'c'+'hero'+'us'='LECHEROUS'

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(Another definition for lecherous that I've seen is " Lustful".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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