An opening, say, for love (5)

I believe the answer is:

adore

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'love' is the definition.
(adoring is a kind of loving)

'an opening say' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'opening say' becomes 'dore' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'dore'='ADORE'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for adore that I've seen before include "Treasure" , "Very much like" , "Love, worship" , "Love, revere intensely" , "Worship, venerate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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