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Anticipate old lover wanting to get kissed audibly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

expect

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'anticipate old lover' is the definition.
'expect' can be an answer for 'anticipate' (synonyms). I'm unsure of the 'old lover' bit.

'to get kissed audibly' is the wordplay.
'to get' becomes 'ex' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'kissed' becomes 'pecked' (pecking is a kind of kissing).
'audibly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'pecked' sounds like 'pect'.
'ex'+'pect'='EXPECT'

'wanting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for expect that I've seen before include "Hope - await" , "Wait for" , "Require as rightfully due" , "Regard something as probable" , "Think of as likely to happen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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