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Cynical affection from copper drove Pablo mad (8-4)

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I believe the answer is:

cupboard love

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'cynical affection' is the definition.
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'copper drove pablo mad' is the wordplay.
'copper' becomes 'cu' (Cu is the chemical symbol for copper).
'mad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'drove'+'pablo'='drovepablo'
'drovepablo' with letters rearranged gives 'pboardlove'.
'cu'+'pboardlove'='CUPBOARD-LOVE'

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(Other definitions for cupboard love that I've seen before include "Apparent affection prompted by greed" , "Assumed warmth" , "Out of self-interested attitude" , "Pretended affection based on greed" , "Hypocritical show of affection for material gain" .)

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