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Ensnare a girl with love (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

'ensnare' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a girl with love' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'lass'+'o'='LASSO'

(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Belgian composer" , "something to catch beast liable to run off" , "Rope for throwing" , "Long rope with running noose" , "Ling-nosed rope" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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