Like Cora, wild about the man who blew the whistle (4,3)

I believe the answer is:

care for

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'like cora wild about the man who blew the whistle' is the definition.
'care for' can be an answer for 'like' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'like cora wild about the man' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'ef' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the man' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man').
'cora' is an anagram of 'caro'.
'ef' inserted inside 'caro' is 'carefo'.
'carefo'+'r'='CARE FOR'

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(Another definition for care for that I've seen is " Look after".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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