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Lavished love on a girl and a boy (5)

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I believe the answer is:

doted

'lavished love' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'girl and a boy' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'dot' ().
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a boy' becomes 'ed' (short for Edward).
'dot'+'ed'='DOTED'

'on a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for doted that I've seen before include "Was weakly affectionate" , "Lavished affection" , "- Upon means was foolishly fond of (someone)" , "was foolish" , "Was excessively fond" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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