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Darling ready for run of four aces, perhaps? (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

love game

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'run of four aces perhaps?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'darling ready' is the wordplay.
'darling' becomes 'love' (both are terms of endearment).
'ready' becomes 'game' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'love'+'game'='LOVE GAME'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for love game that I've seen is " (Tennis) play in which the loser gets no score".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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