Gets lover to run in tandem The European Review and starts Evening Star (6)

I believe the answer is:

elopes

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'gets lover to run' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tandem the european review and starts evening star' is the wordplay.
'tandem' becomes 'pol' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'review' is a reversal indicator.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'starts' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'evening star' is 'es'.
'pol'+'e'='pole'
'pole' backwards is 'elop'.
'elop'+'es'='ELOPES'

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for elopes that I've seen is " Runs away to get married".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.

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