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Wine around South Africa certainly not for ladies' man (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

casanova

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'ladies' man' is the definition.
'casanova' can be an answer for 'man' (Casanova is an example). I am not certain of the 'ladies'' bit.

'wine around south africa certainly not' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'cava' (type of Spanish wine).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'south africa' becomes 'sa' (abbreviation).
'certainly not' becomes 'no'.
'sa'+'no'='sano'
'cava' enclosing 'sano' is 'CASANOVA'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for casanova that I've seen before include "An Italian Don Juan" , "Rake" , "Legendary lover" , "18th century Italian lover" , "Italian who wrote of his sexual exploits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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