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Being unselfish, mum gets a token of love (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sharing

'being unselfish' is the definition.
('sharing' can be similar in meaning to 'unselfish')

'mum gets a token of love' is the wordplay.
'mum' becomes 'sh' (I've seen this in other clues).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'token of love' becomes 'ring' (I've seen this before).
'sh'+'a'+'ring'='SHARING'

(Other definitions for sharing that I've seen before include "Possessing in common" , "Apportioning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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