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Affectionate call after a party (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adoring

'affectionate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'call after a party' is the wordplay.
'call' becomes 'ring' (telephone call).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'a'+'do'='ado'
'ring' put after 'ado' is 'ADORING'.

(Other definitions for adoring that I've seen before include "Passionate" , "Devoted" , "Giving great love" , "Extravagantly indulgent" , "Holding dear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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