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Acclaim unlimited rations, following boundless love (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ovation

'acclaim' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'unlimited rations following boundless love' is the wordplay.
'unlimited' says to take the centre (discard the edges or 'limits' of the word).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'boundless' says to take the centre.
The centre of 'rations' is 'ation'.
The centre of 'love' is 'ov'.
'ation' after 'ov' is 'OVATION'.

(Other definitions for ovation that I've seen before include "Overwhelming reception" , "One's often standing" , "Plaudits" , "Show of appreciation" , "Enthusiastic applause, may be given standing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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