Guard of honour perhaps for man confusing Nero (8)

I believe the answer is:

chaperon

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'guard' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'man confusing nero' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'chap' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'confusing' indicates an anagram.
'nero' with letters rearranged gives 'eron'.
'chap'+'eron'='CHAPERON'

'of honour perhaps for' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for chaperon that I've seen before include "Girl minder from Cape Horn" , "Guardian" , "Preach on about older woman in charge of girl" , "Escort" , "Woman supervising girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.

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