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Going on and on about kiss being superficial (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

external

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

'going on and on about kiss' is the wordplay.
'going on and on' becomes 'eternal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'kiss' becomes 'x'.
'eternal' enclosing 'x' is 'EXTERNAL'.

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for external that I've seen before include "Outward" , "Surface" , "Relating to the outside" , "Outer" , "Lying outside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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