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Complain about surge of love within (6)

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I believe the answer is:

grouse

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'complain' is the definition.
(grouse can mean to complain or grumble)

'about surge of love within' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'of love' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'within' indicates putting letters inside.
'surge' anagrammed gives 'gruse'.
'gruse' placed around 'o' is 'GROUSE'.

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(Other definitions for grouse that I've seen before include "Plump game bird" , "See game bird" , "Complain like gamebird" , "No shooting it before 12 August" , "Complain like game bird" .)

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