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Isle Dido madly loved (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idolised

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

'isle dido madly' is the wordplay.
'madly' indicates an anagram.
'isle'+'dido'='isledido'
'isledido' is an anagram of 'IDOLISED'.

(Other definitions for idolised that I've seen before include "Worshipped, say graven image" , "Hero-worshipped" , "Worshipped like graven image" , "put on a pedestal" , "Treated like a pop star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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