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Like one that gets laid? Love endless sex squeezing butt (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ovate

'like one that gets laid?' is the definition.
(like an egg, something a bird lays)

'love endless sex squeezing butt' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'endless' indicates the central letters.
'squeezing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (squeeze can mean hug or embrace).
'butt' becomes 'vat' (both can mean a container for liquid).
The middle letter of 'sex' is 'e'.
'o'+'e'='oe'
'oe' going around 'vat' is 'OVATE'.

(Other definitions for ovate that I've seen before include "Egg-shaped - eisteddfodic graduate" , "Egg-shaped, oval" , "Like Humpty Dumpty" , "philosopher" , "applaud enthusiastically?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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