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A vote on love deity (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apollo

'deity' is the definition.
(Apollo is an example)

'a vote on love' is the wordplay.
'vote' becomes 'poll' (polling is a kind of voting).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'a'+'poll'+'o'='APOLLO'

(Other definitions for apollo that I've seen before include "US moon landing programme" , "Greek god of the sun (6)" , "Greek god; large European butterfly" , "Japanese dish" , "London theatre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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