Wanting bachelor, dated with scepticism and swooned (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
passed out
'swooned' is the definition.
('pass out' can be a synonym of 'swoon')
'wanting bachelor dated with scepticism' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'dated' could be 'passe' (I've seen this before) and 'passe' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'dout' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for passed out that I've seen is " Graduated - fainted".)