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Father certainly repelled love goddess (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freya

'love goddess' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'father certainly repelled' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'certainly' becomes 'aye' (both can be used to answer in the affirmative).
'repelled' is a reversal indicator.
'aye' written backwards gives 'eya'.
'fr'+'eya'='FREYA'

(Other definitions for freya that I've seen before include "Female" , "Norwegian goddess" , "Norse love goddess" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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