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Love calling for exclusion (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omission

'exclusion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'love calling' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'calling' becomes 'mission' (I've seen this before).
'o'+'mission'='OMISSION'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for omission that I've seen before include "Failure to include" , "A thing left out" , "lapse" , "cut?" , "Oversight, piece of work neglected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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