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Article on love for the little man (4)

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I believe the answer is:

theo

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'little man' is the definition.
'theo' can be an answer for 'man' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'little' bit.

'article on love' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'the'+'o'='THEO'

'for the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for theo that I've seen before include "boy?" , "Man" , "Fellow" , "Kojak" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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