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Feminist I drove away embraces lover (2,8)

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I believe the answer is:

de beauvoir

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'lover' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'feminist i drove away embraces' is the wordplay.
'feminist' becomes 'beau' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'away' is an anagram indicator (letters move away from their original places).
'embraces' is an insertion indicator.
'i'+'drove'='idrove'
'idrove' with letters rearranged gives 'devoir'.
'beau' placed into 'devoir' is 'DE BEAUVOIR'.

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(Another definition for de beauvoir that I've seen is " philosopher".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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