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Don having a bit of fun during January (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

juan

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'don' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a bit of fun during january' is the wordplay.
'a bit of fun' becomes 'u' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'january' becomes 'Jan' (synonyms).
'u' inserted inside 'jan' is 'JUAN'.

'having' is the link.

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(Other definitions for juan that I've seen before include "Don . . . . Was a famous lover" , "Don . . . . was a great lover" , "--les-Pins, Fr. resort" , "Don . . . . was a notorious Spanish womaniser" , "Don ...., legendary seducer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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