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A drive in rain for lover (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paramour

'lover' is the definition.
(paramour is a kind of lover)

'a drive in rain' is the wordplay.
'drive' becomes 'ram' (RAM drive on a computer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rain' becomes 'pour' (pouring is a kind of raining).
'a'+'ram'='aram'
'aram' inserted inside 'pour' is 'PARAMOUR'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for paramour that I've seen before include "A lover, illicit perhaps" , "courtesan" , "fancy woman" , "Lover, especially of a married person" , "wife's toy boy, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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