Love can mean this on flipping stormy night (7)

I believe the answer is:

nothing

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'love' is the definition.
(love means zero in tennis)

'on flipping stormy night' is the wordplay.
'flipping' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'stormy' is an anagram indicator.
'on' reversed gives 'no'.
'night' with letters rearranged gives 'thing'.
'no'+'thing'='NOTHING'

'can mean this' is the link.
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(Other definitions for nothing that I've seen before include "Zilch, nada" , "Unimportant item" , "Zero, naught" , "Something sweet" , "Not a whit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.

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