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Evidently he makes capital love (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

romeo

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'evidently he' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'capital love' is the wordplay.
'capital' becomes 'rome' (Rome is an example).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'rome'+'o'='ROMEO'

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for romeo that I've seen before include "Star-crossed lover" , "Literary lover" , "Juliet's immortal lover" , "Juliet's lover of Verona" , "Comms code for R" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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