Excessive admiration of that man over rank or posting (4-11)

I believe the answer is:

hero-worshipping

'excessive admiration' is the definition.

'that man over rank or posting' is the wordplay.
'that man' becomes 'he' (**).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rank' becomes 'row'.
'posting' becomes 'shipping'.
'he'+'row'+'or'+'shipping'='HERO-WORSHIPPING'

'of' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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