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In bed, chaps love spice (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pimento

'spice' is the definition.
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'in bed chaps love' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'pit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (chap means a man).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'pit' enclosing 'men' is 'piment'.
'piment'+'o'='PIMENTO'

(Other definitions for pimento that I've seen before include "Jamaica pepper" , "Type of pepper" , "Sweet red pepper" , "Something spicy" , "Vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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