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Charges for a second fondle! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

caress

'fondle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'charges for a second' is the wordplay.
'charges' becomes 'cares' ('care' can be a synonym of 'charge').
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'cares'+'s'='CARESS'

(Other definitions for caress that I've seen before include "Stroke, fondle" , "Stroke affectionately" , "Stoke affectionately" , "pet" , "Stroke fondly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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