An erotic sort of response (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reaction

'response' is the definition.
('reaction' can be a synonym of 'response')

'an erotic sort' is the wordplay.
'sort' indicates anagramming the letters.
'an'+'erotic'='anerotic'
'anerotic' anagrammed gives 'REACTION'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for reaction that I've seen before include "Side-effect from drug" , "Feedback" , "Response to stimulus from creation" , "In mechanics, every action has an equal and opposite one" , "Into care (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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