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It's a sign of love, chaps (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omen

'it's a sign' is the definition.
(omen is a kind of sign)

'love chaps' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'o'+'men'='OMEN'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Gloomy sign" , "Portent of evil" , "Portent of things to come" , "Forecast" , "writing on the wall" .)

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