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Cherish and adore D. H. Lawrence, initially slammed (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hold dear

'cherish' is the definition.
('hold dear' can be a synonym of 'cherish')

'adore d h lawrence initially slammed' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'slammed' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'lawrence' is 'l'.
'adore'+'d'+'h'+'l'='adoredhl'
'adoredhl' anagrammed gives 'HOLD DEAR'.

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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