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Caught Romeo embracing miss, getting more intimate (6)

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I believe the answer is:

closer

'more intimate' is the definition.
('close' can be similar in meaning to 'intimate')

'caught romeo embracing miss' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'miss' becomes 'lose' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'c'+'r'='cr'
'cr' going around 'lose' is 'CLOSER'.

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for closer that I've seen before include "Comparatively near" , "denser" , "One winds up" , "Nearer or more penny-pinching" , "not so remote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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